²² “How long, you ^[a]simple ones, will you love ^[b]simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.

³² For the ^[a]turning away of the simple will slay them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them;

⁵ O you ^[a]simple ones, understand prudence,
And you fools, be of an understanding heart.

^13 (A)A foolish woman is ^[a]clamorous;
She is simple, and knows nothing.
¹⁴ For she sits at the door of her house,
On a seat ^(B)by the highest places of the city,
¹⁵ To call to those who pass by,
Who go straight on their way:
¹⁶ “Whoever^(C) is ^[b]simple, let him turn in here”;
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
¹⁷ “Stolen^(D) water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
¹⁸ But he does not know that ^(E)the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of ^[c]hell.