| New International Version | NET Bible |
| 1Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars. | 1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars. |
| 2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. | 2She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table. |
| 3She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city, | 3She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city. |
| 4"Let all who are simple come to my house!" To those who have no sense she says, | 4"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding. |
| 5"Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. | 5"Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed. |
| 6Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight." | 6Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding." |
| 7Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse. | 7Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse. |
| 8Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you. | 8Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you. |
| 9Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning. | 9Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning. |
| 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. | 10The beginning of wisdom is to fear the LORD, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding. |
| 11For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. | 11For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. |
| 12If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer. | 12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it. |
| 13Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing. | 13The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything. |
| 14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, | 14So she sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, |
| 15calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way, | 15calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way. |
| 16"Let all who are simple come to my house!" To those who have no sense she says, | 16"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding. |
| 17"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!" | 17"Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!" |
| 18But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead. | 18But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave. |
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