1. Wisdom has built her house and made seven pillars for it.
2. She has had an animal killed for a feast, mixed spices in the wine, and laid the table.
3. She has sent her servant women to call out from the highest place in the town:
4. “Come in, ignorant people!” And to the foolish she says,
5. “Come, eat my food and drink the wine that I have mixed.
6. Leave the company of ignorant people, and live. Follow the way of knowledge.”
7. If you correct conceited people, you will only be insulted. If you reprimand evil people, you will only get hurt.
8. Never correct conceited people; they will hate you for it. But if you correct the wise, they will respect you.