New Living Translation NLT
Hebrew Names Version HNV
1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved its seven columns.
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Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
2 She has prepared a great banquet, mixed the wines, and set the table.
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She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
3 She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come. She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.
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She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:
4 “Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says,
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"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
5 “Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.
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"Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
6 Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live; learn to use good judgment.”
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Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."
7 Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return. Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.
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He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
8 So don’t bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you.
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Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Instruct the wise, and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more.
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Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
10 Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life.
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For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
12 If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
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If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
13 The woman named Folly is brash. She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.
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The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.
14 She sits in her doorway on the heights overlooking the city.
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She sits at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
15 She calls out to men going by who are minding their own business.
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To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their ways,
16 “Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says,
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"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
17 “Stolen water is refreshing; food eaten in secret tastes the best!”
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"Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."
18 But little do they know that the dead are there. Her guests are in the depths of the grave.
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But he doesn't know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of She'ol.