| 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. |
| 11 | For by me, your days will be multiplied and years of life will be added to you. |
| 12 | If you would be wise, you will be so for yourself. But if you would be one who ridicules, you alone shall carry the evil. |
| 13 | A foolish and loud woman, who is full of enticements and who knows nothing at all, |
| 14 | sat at the entrance of her house on a seat, in a high place of the city, |
| 15 | so as to call to those who were passing by the way and continuing on their journey: |
| 16 | "Whoever is little, let him turn aside to me." And to the frenzied, she said, |
| 17 | "Stolen waters are more soothing, and secret bread is more pleasant." |
| 18 | And he did not know that giants are there, and that her companions are in the depths of Hell. |
