for their feet run to evil and make haste to shed blood.

Wisdom cries outside; she utters her voice in the streets;

she cries in the chief place of gathering, in the openings of the gates; in the city she utters her words, saying,

she is more precious than rubies; and all the things you can desire are not to be compared with her.

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her; and happy is everyone who keeps her.

Do not forsake her, and she shall preserve you; love her, and she shall keep you.

Prize her, and she shall lift you up; she shall bring you to honor when you embrace her.

She shall give to your hand an ornament of grace; she shall shield you with a crown of glory.

Take fast hold of instruction; do not let go; keep her; for she is your life.

but afterward she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay in her house;

now she is outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.

And she caught him and kissed him, and with a hard face she said to him,

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

For she has cast down many wounded; yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

She stands in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the path.

She cries in the gates, before the entrance of the city, at the doors.

Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars;

she has killed her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

She has sent out her young women; she cries upon the highest places of the city,

The simple one, let him turn in here. To one lacking heart, she says to him,

A foolish woman is noisy; she is simple and knows nothing.

For she sits at the door of her house, in a seat in the high places of the city,

The simple one, let him turn in here. And to one lacking heart, she says to him,

A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband, but she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Listen to your father who sired you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she who bore you shall rejoice.

She also lies in wait as for prey, and increases the treacherous among men.

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no evil.

for a hateful woman when she is married; and a servant girl that is heir to her mistress.

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

She seeks wool and flax, and works willingly with her hands.

She is like the merchants' ships; she brings her food from afar.

She also rises while it is still night, and gives food to her household, and a share to her young women.

She considers a field, and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

She binds her loins with strength, and makes her arms strong.

She sees that her merchandise is good; her lamp does not go out by night.

She lays her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

She stretches out her hand to the poor; yea, she reaches forth her hands to the needy.

She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

She makes herself coverings; her clothing is silk and purple.

She makes fine linen and sells it, and delivers girdles to the merchants.

Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

She opens her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears Jehovah, she shall be praised.