1 Wisdom and folly contrasted
1 Wisdom hath Mat. 16:18;Eph. 2:20;1 Pet. 2:5builded her house, 1 She hath hewn out her seven pillars:
2 Mat. 22:4She hath killed [a]her beasts; ch. 23:30she hath mingled her wine; 2 She hath also furnished her table.
3 She hath Rom. 10:15sent forth her maidens: 3 ch. 8:1,2She crieth ver. 14upon the highest places of the city,
4 Ps. 19:7;ch. 6:32Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: 4 As for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
5 Sol. 5:1;Is. 55:1;John 6:27Come, eat of my bread, 5 And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; 6 And go in the way of understanding.
7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: 7 And he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8 Mat. 7:6Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: 8 Ps. 141:5Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: 9 Teach a just man, Mat. 13:12and he will increase in learning.
10 Job 28:28;ch. 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: 10 And the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
11 ch. 3:2,16For by me thy days shall be multiplied, 11 And the years of thy life shall be increased.
12 Job 35:6,7;ch. 16:26If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: 12 But if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
13 ch. 7:11A foolish woman is clamorous: 13 She is simple, and knoweth nothing.
14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, 14 On a seat ver. 3in the high places of the city,
15 To call passengers 15 Who go right on their ways:
16 ch. 7:7,8Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: 16 And as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17 ch. 20:17Stolen waters are sweet, 17 And bread [b]eaten in secret is pleasant.
18 But he knoweth not that ch. 2:18the dead are there; 18 And that her guests are in the depths of hell.
19 Proverbs of Solomon
