1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars. | TOSK |
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. | TOSK |
3 She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city. | TOSK |
4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment. | TOSK |
5 “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed. | TOSK |
6 Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.” | TOSK |
7 He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. | TOSK |
8 Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. | C | TOSK |
9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning. | C | TOSK |
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. | C | TOSK | LT |
11 For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life. | C | TOSK |
12 If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences. | C | TOSK |
13 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. | TOSK |
14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city, | TOSK |
15 calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight. | TOSK |
16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment. | TOSK |
17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!” | TOSK |
18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. | TOSK |