Wisdom versus Foolishness
1Wisdom has built her house; Pr 14:1; Eph 2:20-22; 1Pt 2:5
she has carved out her seven pillars.
she has also set her table. Lk 14:17
3She has sent out her female servants; Ps 68:11; Mt 22:3
she calls out from the highest points of the city: Pr 8:2-3; 9:14-15; Mt 10:27
4“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here! ”
To the one who lacks sense, Pr 6:32 she says,
5“Come, eat my bread, Is 55:1; Jn 6:27,51
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6Leave inexperience behind, and you will live;
pursue the way of understanding.
7The one who corrects a mocker
will bring dishonor on himself;
the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt. Lit man his blemish
8Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; Pr 15:12; Mt 7:6
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. Ps 141:5
9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man, and he will learn more. Pr 1:5; 16:21,23
and the knowledge of the Holy One Pr 30:3; Hs 11:12; Rv 16:5 is understanding.
11For by Wisdom your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life.
12If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; Jb 22:2
if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”
13The woman Folly is rowdy; Pr 7:11
she is gullible and knows nothing. Pr 5:6
14She sits by the doorway of her house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15calling to those who pass by,
who go straight ahead on their paths: Pr 7:11-12; 9:3-4
16“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here! ”
To the one who lacks sense, she says,
17“Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten secretly is tasty! ” Pr 20:17
18But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, Pr 2:18; 21:16
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. Pr 5:5; 7:27
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