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9:1  Chochmah hath built her bais, she hath hewn out her seven ammudim;
9:2  She hath prepared her meat; she hath mixed her yayin; she hath also set her shulchan.
9:3  She hath sent forth her na’arot; she calleth from the highest points of the city;
9:4  Whosoever is simple, let him turn in here; as for him that lacketh lev (a heart of understanding), she saith to him,
9:5  Come, eat of my lechem, and drink of the yayin which I have mixed [Yn 6:53-54 OJBC].
9:6  Forsake the simple ways, and live; and go in the derech binah.
9:7  He that reproveth a letz (mocker) getteth to himself shame, and he that is a mochiach (reprover) of a wicked man getteth himself a blot stain.
9:8  Reprove not a letz, lest he hate thee; rebuke a chacham, and he will love thee.
9:9  Give instruction to a chacham, and he will be yet wiser; teach a tzaddik, and he will increase in learning.
9:10  The Yirat Hashem is the beginning of chochmah, and the da’as Kedoshim (knowledge of the Holy One) is binah (understanding).
9:11  For by me thy yamim shall be multiplied, and shanot chayyim shall be increased to thee.
9:12  If thou be chacham, thou shalt be wise for thyself, but if thou mockest, thou alone shalt suffer.
9:13  Aishes Kesilut (Dame Folly) is clamorous; she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
9:14  For she sitteth at the petach (doorway) of her bais, on a seat in the high places of the city,
9:15  To call those passing on the derech (road) who go straight on their way:
9:16  Whoso is simple, let him turn in here, and as for him that lacketh lev (heart of understanding), she saith to him,
9:17  Stolen waters are sweet, and lechem eaten in secret is pleasant.
9:18  But he has no da’as that the dead ones are there; and that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.