The discipline,

9:1 Wisdom has built her house.
She has carved out her seven pillars.

9:2 She has prepared her meat.
She has mixed her wine.
She has also set her table.

9:3 She has sent out her maidens.
She cries from the highest places of the city:

and doctrine of wisdom.

9:4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

9:5 “Come, eat some of my bread,
Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!

9:6 Leave your simple ways, and live.
Walk in the way of understanding.”

9:7 He who corrects a mocker invites insult.
He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

9:8 Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you.
Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

9:9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser.
Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

9:10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom.
The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

9:11 For by me your days will be multiplied.
The years of your life will be increased.

9:12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself.
If you mock, you alone will bear it.

The custom,

9:13 The foolish woman is loud,
undisciplined, and knows nothing.

9:14 She sits at the door of her house,
on a seat in the high places of the city,

9:15 To call to those who pass by,
who go straight on their ways,

and error of folly.

9:16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.”
as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

9:17 “Stolen water is sweet.
Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”

9:18 But he doesn’t know that the dead are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.