Pr 9 (King James)

¹ Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
² She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
³ She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
⁴ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
⁵ Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
⁶ Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
⁷ He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
⁹ Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
¹¹ For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
¹² If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
¹³ A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
¹⁴ For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
¹⁵ To call passengers who go right on their ways:
¹⁶ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
¹⁸ But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

Pr 9 (Vulgate)

¹ [Sapientia ædificavit sibi domum : excidit columnas septem.
² Immolavit victimas suas, miscuit vinum, et proposuit mensam suam.
³ Misit ancillas suas ut vocarent ad arcem et ad mœnia civitatis.
⁴ Si quis est parvulus, veniat ad me. Et insipientibus locuta est :
⁵ Venite, comedite panem meum, et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis.
⁶ Relinquite infantiam, et vivite, et ambulate per vias prudentiæ.]
⁷ [Qui erudit derisorem, ipse injuriam sibi facit, et qui arguit impium, sibi maculam generat.
⁸ Noli arguere derisorem, ne oderit te : argue sapientem, et diliget te.
⁹ Da sapienti occasionem, et addetur ei sapientia ; doce justum, et festinabit accipere.
¹⁰ Principium sapientiæ timor Domini, et scientia sanctorum prudentia.
¹¹ Per me enim multiplicabuntur dies tui, et addentur tibi anni vitæ.
¹² Si sapiens fueris, tibimetipsi eris ; si autem illusor, solus portabis malum.]
¹³ [Mulier stulta et clamosa, plenaque illecebris, et nihil omnino sciens,
¹⁴ sedit in foribus domus suæ, super sellam in excelso urbis loco,
¹⁵ ut vocaret transeuntes per viam, et pergentes itinere suo :
¹⁶ Qui est parvulus declinet ad me. Et vecordi locuta est :
¹⁷ Aquæ furtivæ dulciores sunt, et panis absconditus suavior.
¹⁸ Et ignoravit quod ibi sint gigantes, et in profundis inferni convivæ ejus.]