Proverbs 9 — ULB

9Verse 1Wisdom has built her own house;
she has carved seven pillars out of rocks.
^{Verse 2}She has slaughtered her animals; she has mixed her wine;
and she has set her table.
^{Verse 3}She has sent out her maids; she calls out
from the highest points of the city,
^{Verse 4}“Who is naive? Let him turn aside here!”
To the one lacking good sense she speaks.
^{Verse 5}“Come, eat my food,
and drink the wine I have mixed.
^{Verse 6}Leave your naive actions and live;
walk in the path of understanding.
^{Verse 7}Whoever disciplines a mocker receives abuse,
and whoever rebukes a wicked person receives insults.
^{Verse 8}Do not reprove a mocker, or he will hate you;
reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
^{Verse 9}Give to a wise person, and he will become even wiser;
teach a righteous person, and he will add to his learning.
^{Verse 10}The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
^{Verse 11}For through me your days will be multiplied,
and years of life will be added to you.
^{Verse 12}If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
and if you mock, you will carry it by yourself.”
^{Verse 13}The woman of foolishness is ignorant;
she is untaught and knows nothing.
^{Verse 14}She sits at the door of her house,
on a seat in the highest places of the town.
^{Verse 15}She is calling out to those who pass by in the streets,
to people walking straight on their way.
^{Verse 16}“Let anyone who is naive turn aside here,”
she says to those who have no sense.
^{Verse 17}“Stolen waters are sweet,
and bread of secrecy is delicious.”
^{Verse 18}But he does not know that the dead are there,
that her invited guests are in the depths of Sheol.