Pro 9 | ESV | STEP | Wisdom has built her house ; she has hewn her seven pillars .

1 ^aWisdom has built her house;
she has hewn her ^bseven ^cpillars.
2 She has ^dslaughtered her beasts; she has ^emixed her wine;
she has also ^fset her table.
3 She has ^gsent out her young women to ^hcall
from ⁱthe highest places in the town,
4 ^j“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
^kTo him who lacks sense she says,
5 “Come, ^leat of my bread
and ^mdrink of ⁿthe wine I have mixed.
6 Leave ^oyour simple ways, ^{▼▼Or Leave the company of the simple} and ^qlive,
^rand walk in the way of insight.”
7 Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8 ^sDo not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
^treprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks instruction} to a wise man, and he will be ^vstill wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will ^wincrease in learning.
10 ^xThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and ^ythe knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
11 For by me ^zyour days will be multiplied,
and years will be added to your life.
12 ^aaIf you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

The Way of Folly

13 ^abThe woman Folly is ^acloud;
she is seductive ^{▼▼Or full of simpleness} and ^aeknows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house;
she takes a seat on ^afthe highest places of the town,
15 calling to those who pass by,
who are ^aggoing straight on their way,
16 ^ah“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
And to him who lacks sense she says,
17 ^ai“Stolen water is sweet,
and ^ajbread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know ^akthat the dead ^{▼▼Hebrew Rephaim} are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.