²² “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
    and fools hate knowledge?

³² For the simple are killed by their turning away,
    and the complacence of fools destroys them;

⁵ O simple ones, learn prudence;
    O foolish men, pay attention.

¹³ A foolish woman is noisy;
    she is wanton^[a] and knows no shame.^[b]
14 She sits at the door of her house,
    she takes a seat on the high places of the town,
¹⁵ calling to those who pass by,
    who are going straight on their way,
¹⁶ “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
    And to him who is without sense she says,
¹⁷ “Stolen water is sweet,
    and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
¹⁸ But he does not know that the dead^[c] are there,
    that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

⁸ The wise of heart will heed commandments,
    but a prating fool will come to ruin.

¹⁸ He who conceals hatred has lying lips,
    and he who utters slander is a fool.

²³ It is like sport to a fool to do wrong,
    but wise conduct is pleasure to a man of understanding.

²⁹ He who troubles his household will inherit wind,
    and the fool will be servant to the wise.

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
    but a wise man listens to advice.
¹⁶ The vexation of a fool is known at once,
    but the prudent man ignores an insult.