| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars. | 1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her 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 has also set her table. |
| 3She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city. | 3She has sent out her female servants; she calls out from the highest points of the city:" |
| 4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment. | 4Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says," |
| 5“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed. | 5Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed. |
| 6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.” | 6Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding. |
| 7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. | 7The one who corrects a mocker will bring dishonor on himself; the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt. |
| 8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. | 8Don't rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. |
| 9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning. | 9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will learn more." |
| 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. | 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. |
| 11For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life. | 11For by Wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. |
| 12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences. | 12If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences." |
| 13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. | 13The woman Folly is rowdy; she is gullible and knows nothing. |
| 14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city, | 14She sits by the doorway of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, |
| 15calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight. | 15calling to those who pass by, who go straight ahead on their paths:" |
| 16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment. | 16Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says," |
| 17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!” | 17Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten secretly is tasty!" |
| 18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. | 18But he doesn't know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. |
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