⁷ Knowledge begins with ·respect [fear; awe] for the Lord,
but fools ·hate [despise] wisdom and ·discipline [self-control; instruction].

¹³ ·Foolishness is like a loud woman [Woman Folly is boisterous/noisy];
    she ·does not have wisdom or knowledge [^Lis ignorant and does not even know it].
¹⁴ She sits at the door of her house
    at the highest place in the city [9:3; ^Cher house is built on the highest point of the city, indicating she symbolizes false gods].
¹⁵ She ·calls out to [invites] those who are passing by,
    who are going along, minding their own business.
¹⁶ She says to those who ·are uneducated [lack sense/heart],
    “·Come in [Turn aside] here, you ·foolish [naive; immature; simpleminded] people!
¹⁷ Stolen water is sweeter,
    and food eaten in secret tastes better.”
¹⁸ But these people don’t know that ·everyone who goes there dies [the dead/departed/shades are there],
    that her guests ·end up deep in the grave [^Lare in the depths of Sheol].

⁸ The wise of heart ·do what they are told [^Lgrasps commands],
but ·a talkative fool [^Lthe lips of a fool] will be ruined.

¹⁸ Whoever ·hides [conceals] hate is a liar.
Whoever ·tells lies [spreads slander] is a fool.

²³ A foolish person ·enjoys [makes a sport of] doing wrong,
but a person with understanding enjoys doing what is wise.

²⁹ Whoever brings trouble to his family
    will ·be left with nothing but the [^Linherit the] wind.
A fool will be a servant to the wise of heart.

¹⁵ ·Fools think they are doing right [^LThe path of fools is virtuous/right in their own eyes],
but the wise listen to advice.

¹⁶ Fools quickly show that they are upset,
but the ·wise [prudent] ·ignore [conceal; hide] ·insults [contempt].