¹⁸ But little do they know that the dead are there,
    that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.^(A)

²⁷ Her house is a highway to the grave,
    leading down to the chambers of death.^(A)

¹⁸ Surely her house leads down to death
    and her paths to the spirits of the dead.^(A)
19 None who go to her return
    or attain the paths of life.^(B)

²⁶ For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
    but another man’s wife preys on your very life.^(A)

⁷ The fear of the Lord^(A) is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools^[a] despise wisdom^(B) and instruction.^(C)

⁵ “The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.^(A)
    They walk about in darkness;^(B)
    all the foundations^(C) of the earth are shaken.