KJV ¹ Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

KJV ² She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

KJV ³ She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

KJV ⁴ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

KJV ⁵ Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

KJV ⁶ Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

KJV ⁷ He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

KJV ⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

KJV ⁹ Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

KJV ¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

KJV ¹¹ For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

KJV ¹² If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

KJV ¹³ A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

KJV ¹⁴ For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

KJV ¹⁵ To call passengers who go right on their ways:

KJV ¹⁶ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

KJV ¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

KJV ¹⁸ But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.