1. Wisdom has built a house for herself. She has hewn seven columns.
2. She has immolated her victims. She has mixed her wine and set forth her table.
3. She has sent her maids to call out to the tower and to the fortified walls of the city,
4. "If anyone is little, let him come to me." And to the unwise, she has said:
5. "Approach. Eat my bread, and drink the wine that I have mixed for you.
6. Leave behind childishness. And live and walk by the ways of prudence."
7. Whoever teaches a mocker causes injury to himself. And whoever argues with the impious produces a blemish on himself.
8. Do not be willing to argue with a mocker, lest he hate you. Dispute with the wise, and he will love you.
9. Present an opportunity to the wise, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach the just, and he will hurry to receive it.
10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of holiness is prudence.