9:1  Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;

9:2  She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine; She has also set her table;

9:3  She has sent out her maidens, she calls From the tops of the heights of the city:

9:4  " Whoever acts naively, let him turn in here! "To him who lacks understanding she says,

9:5  "Come, eat of my food And drink of the wine I have mixed.

9:6  "Forsake your folly and live,

9:7  He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself, And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself.

9:8   Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you, Reprove a wise man and he will love you.

9:9   Give instruction to a wise man and he will increase in wisdom, Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.

9:10   The fear of the LORD begins the process of wisdom,

9:11  For by me your days will multiply, And years of life will accrue to you.

9:12  If you have wisdom, you have wisdom for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

9:13  The woman of folly behaves boisterously, She behaves naively and knows nothing.

9:14  She sits at the doorway of her house, On a seat by the high places of the city,

9:15  Calling to those who pass by, Who make their paths straight:

9:16   " Whoever acts naively, let him turn in here," And to him who lacks understanding she says,

9:17  "Stolen water tastes sweet; And bread eaten in secret tastes pleasant."

9:18  But he does not know that the dead reside there, That her guests fall into the depths of Sheol.