If they say—“Come with us!
Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.
Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

but they set an ambush to kill themselves;
they attack their own lives.

Then they will call me, but I won’t answer;
they will search for me, but won’t find me.

For the turning away of the inexperienced will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

furthermore, if you call out to insight
and lift your voice to understanding,

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call understanding your relative.

Doesn’t Wisdom call out?
Doesn’t Understanding make her voice heard?

“People, I call out to you;
my cry is to mankind.

The intelligent person restrains his words,
and one who keeps a cool head
is a man of understanding.

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.

A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.

Her sons rise up and call her blessed.
Her husband also praises her: