The Book of Proverbs

Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars;

she has slaughtered her slaughter; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

She has sent out her maidens; she cries on the highest places of the city;

The simple one, turn in here; [and to] one lacking heart, she says to him:

Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine I have mixed.

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

He who reproves a scorner gets shame to himself; and he who rebukes a wicked man [gets] his own blot.

Do not reprove a scorner, that he not hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Give to a wise one, and he will be more wise; teach a just one, and he will increase in learning.

The fear of Jehovah [is] the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy Ones [is] understanding.

For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.

If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself, but [if] you scorn, you alone shall bear [it].

A foolish woman [is] loud; [she is] thoughtlessness, and she knows not what.

to call those who pass by, who are going straight [on] their ways:

The simple one, let him turn in here; and to the one lacking heart, she says to him:

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.

But he does not know that the departed spirits [are] there; her guests [are] in the depths of hell.