32 “Now then, my children, listen to me;

blessed are those who keep my ways.

33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;

do not disregard it.

34 Blessed are those who listen to me,

watching daily at my doors,

waiting at my doorway.

35 For those who find me find life

and receive favor from the Lord.

36 But those who fail to find me harm themselves;

all who hate me love death.”

1 Wisdom has built her house;

she has set up its seven pillars.

2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;

she has also set her table.

3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls

from the highest point of the city,

4 “Let all who are simple come to my house!”

To those who have no sense she says,

5 “Come, eat my food

and drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave your simple ways and you will live;

walk in the way of insight.”

32 “And now, O sons, listen to me:

blessed are those who keep my ways.

33 Hear instruction and be wise,

and do not neglect it.

34 Blessed is the one who listens to me,

watching daily at my gates,

waiting beside my doors.

35 For whoever finds me finds life

and obtains favor from the Lord,

36 but he who fails to find me injures himself;

all who hate me love death.”

1 Wisdom has built her house;

she has hewn her seven pillars.

2 She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine;

she has also set her table.

3 She has sent out her young women to call

from the highest places in the town,

4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”

To him who lacks sense she says,

5 “Come, eat of my bread

and drink of the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave your simple ways, and live,

and walk in the way of insight.”

32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children:

For blessed are they that keep my ways.

33 Hear instruction, and be wise,

And refuse it not.

34 Blessed is the man that heareth me,

Watching daily at my gates,

Waiting at the posts of my doors.

35 For whoso findeth me findeth life,

And shall obtain favour of the Lord.

36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul:

All they that hate me love death.

1 Wisdom hath builded her house,

She hath hewn out her seven pillars:

2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine;

She hath also furnished her table.

3 She hath sent forth her maidens:

She crieth upon the highest places of the city,

4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:

As for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

5 Come, eat of my bread,

And drink of the wine which I have mingled.

6 Forsake the foolish, and live;

And go in the way of understanding.

32 “And so, my children, listen to me,

for all who follow my ways are joyful.

33 Listen to my instruction and be wise.

Don’t ignore it.

34 Joyful are those who listen to me,

watching for me daily at my gates,

waiting for me outside my home!

35 For whoever finds me finds life

and receives favor from the Lord.

36 But those who miss me injure themselves.

All who hate me love death.”

1 Wisdom has built her house;

she has carved its seven columns.

2 She has prepared a great banquet,

mixed the wines, and set the table.

3 She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come.

She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.

4 “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.

To those who lack good judgment, she says,

5 “Come, eat my food,

and drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;

learn to use good judgment.”

32 “Now therefore, listen to me, my children,

For blessed are those who keep my ways.

33 Hear instruction and be wise,

And do not disdain it.

34 Blessed is the man who listens to me,

Watching daily at my gates,

Waiting at the posts of my doors.

35 For whoever finds me finds life,

And obtains favor from the Lord;

36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;

All those who hate me love death.”

1 Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;

2 She has slaughtered her meat,

She has mixed her wine,

She has also furnished her table.

3 She has sent out her maidens,

She cries out from the highest places of the city,

4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”

As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

5 “Come, eat of my bread

And drink of the wine I have mixed.

6 Forsake foolishness and live,

And go in the way of understanding.

32 “Now, my children, listen to me,

because those who follow my ways are happy.

33 Listen to my teaching, and you will be wise;

do not ignore it.

34 Happy are those who listen to me,

watching at my door every day,

waiting at my open doorway.

35 Those who find me find life,

and the Lord will be pleased with them.

36 Those who do not find me hurt themselves.

Those who hate me love death.”

1 Wisdom has built her house;

she has made its seven columns.

2 She has prepared her food and wine;

she has set her table.

3 She has sent out her servant girls,

and she calls out from the highest place in the city.

4 She says to those who are uneducated,

“Come in here, you foolish people!

5 Come and eat my food

and drink the wine I have prepared.

6 Stop your foolish ways, and you will live;

take the road of understanding.

32 Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me;

For blessed are they that keep my ways.

33 Hear instruction, and be wise,

And refuse it not.

34 Blessed is the man that heareth me,

Watching daily at my gates,

Waiting at the posts of my doors.

35 For whoso findeth me findeth life,

And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.

36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul:

All they that hate me love death.

1 Wisdom hath builded her house;

She hath hewn out her seven pillars:

2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine;

She hath also furnished her table:

3 She hath sent forth her maidens;

She crieth upon the highest places of the city:

4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:

As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

5 Come, eat ye of my bread,

And drink of the wine which I have mingled.

6 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live;

And walk in the way of understanding.

32 And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways: 33 hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not. 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah; 36 but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

1 Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars; 2 she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table; 3 she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city, 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith, 5 Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled. 6 Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.

32 “Now, sons, listen to me. 

Blessed are those who follow my ways. 

33 Listen to discipline, and become wise. 

Do not leave my ways. 

34 Blessed is the person who listens to me, 

watches at my door day after day, 

and waits by my doorposts. 

35 Whoever finds me finds life 

and obtains favor from the Lord. 

36 Whoever sins against me harms himself. 

All those who hate me love death.” 

1 Wisdom has built her house. 

She has carved out her seven pillars. 

2 She has prepared her meat. 

She has mixed her wine. 

She has set her table. 

3 She has sent out her servant girls. 

She calls from the highest places in the city, 

4 “Whoever is gullible turn in here!” 

She says to a person without sense, 

5 “Come, eat my bread, 

and drink the wine I have mixed. 

6 Stop being gullible and live. 

Start traveling the road to understanding.” 

32 “And now, my sons, listen to me;

those who keep my ways are happy.

33 Listen to instruction and be wise;

don’t ignore it.

34 Anyone who listens to me is happy,

watching at my doors every day,

waiting by the posts of my doorway.

35 For the one who finds me finds life

and obtains favor from the Lord,

36 but the one who misses me harms himself;

all who hate me love death.”

1 Wisdom has built her house;

she has carved out her seven pillars.

2 She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine;

she has also set her table.

3 She has sent out her female servants;

she calls out from the highest points of the city:

4 “Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”

To the one who lacks sense, she says,

5 “Come, eat my bread,

and drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave inexperience behind, and you will live;

pursue the way of understanding.

32 “And now, children, listen to me;

happy are those who will keep my ways.

33 Hear teaching and be wise;

do not neglect it.

34 Happy is the person who listens to me,

in order to keep watch at my doors day by day,

in order to guard the frames of my entrances.

35 For he who finds me is he who finds life,

and he obtains favor from Yahweh.

36 But he who misses me injures himself.

All those who hate me love death.”

1 Wisdom has built her house;

she has hewn her seven pillars.

2 She has slaughtered her slaughtering, mixed her wine,

and also set her table.

3 She has sent her servant girls, she calls

upon the wings of the high places of town,

4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn here.”

As for the one who lacks sense, she says to him,

5 “Come, eat with my bread;

drink with the wine I have mixed.

6 Lay aside simplicity and live;

walk in the way of understanding.”

32 “My children, listen to me.

Blessed are those who keep my ways.

33 Listen to my teaching and be wise.

Don’t turn away from it.

34 Blessed is the one who listens to me.

He watches every day at my doors.

He waits beside my doorway.

35 Those who find me find life.

They receive favor from the Lord.

36 But those who don’t find me harm only themselves.

Everyone who hates me loves death.”

1 Wisdom has built her house.

She has made its seven pillars.

2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine.

She has also set her table.

3 She has sent out her female servants.

She calls out from the highest point of the city.

4 She says, “Let all who are childish come in here!”

She speaks to those who have no sense.

5 “Come and eat my food.

Drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave your childish ways and you will live.

Walk in the way that leads to understanding.

32 “Now therefore, O sons, listen to me,

For blessed are they who keep my ways.

33 “Heed instruction and be wise,

And do not neglect it.

34 “Blessed is the man who listens to me,

Watching daily at my gates,

Waiting at my doorposts.

35 “For he who finds me finds life

And obtains favor from the Lord.

36 “But he who sins against me injures himself;

All those who hate me love death.”

1 Wisdom has built her house,

She has hewn out her seven pillars;

2 She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine;

She has also set her table;

3 She has sent out her maidens, she calls

From the tops of the heights of the city:

4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!”

To him who lacks understanding she says,

5 “Come, eat of my food

And drink of the wine I have mixed.

6 “Forsake your folly and live,

And proceed in the way of understanding.”