¹Wisdom has built her house; ²She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; ³She has sent out her maidservants; ⁴“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” ⁵“Come, eat my bread ⁶Leave your folly behind, and you will live; ⁷He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; ⁸Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; ⁹Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; ¹⁰The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, ¹¹For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, ¹²If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage;