| English Standard Version | New International Version |
| 1Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars. | 1Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars. |
| 2She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. | 2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. |
| 3She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town, | 3She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city, |
| 4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks sense she says, | 4"Let all who are simple come to my house!" To those who have no sense she says, |
| 5“Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. | 5"Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. |
| 6Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.” | 6Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight." |
| 7Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. | 7Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse. |
| 8Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. | 8Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you. |
| 9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. | 9Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning. |
| 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. | 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. |
| 11For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life. | 11For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. |
| 12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it. | 12If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer. |
| 13The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing. | 13Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing. |
| 14She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town, | 14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, |
| 15calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way, | 15calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way, |
| 16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who lacks sense she says, | 16"Let all who are simple come to my house!" To those who have no sense she says, |
| 17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.” | 17"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!" |
| 18But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. | 18But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead. |
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