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If they say, "Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

Verse ConceptsGoing TogetherAmbushAttempting To KillFun

for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

Verse ConceptsSheddingRunning After EvilFeet In ActionReady To Kill

Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;

Verse ConceptsStreetsOutside The Houseserenitywomanhood

at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

Verse ConceptsBusiness At The Gateway

She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her, and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed.

Verse ConceptsTreesMetaphorical TreesGraspingrelaxation

Esteem her highly and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

Verse ConceptsSource Of Honourhonour

She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you."

Verse ConceptsCrowns, Worn BySpiritual crownscrownsdignity

but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Verse ConceptsSharpnessTwo SidedBitterness

Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths are unstable but she does not know it.

Verse ConceptsThoughtFicklenessLife By WisdomPaths Of Lifeuncertainty

Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

Verse ConceptsCraftinessProstitutionShrewdnessDistinctive ClothingBeing A Woman Of Godmakeupwomanwhores

at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

Verse ConceptsHarlotsCorners

So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,

Verse ConceptsEvil KissingKissing

for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.

Verse ConceptsDealing With Many PeopleA Good Woman

At the top of the elevated places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she takes her stand;

Verse ConceptsPaths

beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:

Verse ConceptsBusiness At The Gateway

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

Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsMetaphorical Pillars

She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholTablesMixed WineDrugs

She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.

"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding.

Verse ConceptsWisdom And Guidance

The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.

Verse ConceptsWantonnessA Good Womanignorancewoman

So she sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding.

The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

Verse ConceptsSpeech, Power And Significance OfAmbush

Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

Verse ConceptsAmbushUnfaithful

This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have not done wrong."

Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery, Results OfComplacencyMouthsInsensibilityFruits Of SinNo SinPlea Of Innocenceadultry

She obtains wool and flax, and she is pleased to work with her hands.

Verse ConceptsFlaxeagernessWoolIndustryDoing One's Work

She knows that her merchandise is good, and her lamp does not go out in the night.

Verse ConceptsLampsProfitsActing All NightWomen WorkingWomen's RolesA Good Woman

She makes for herself coverlets; her clothing is fine linen and purple.

Verse ConceptsClothLinenTapestriesPurple ClothesVirtuous Womansales

She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes.

Verse ConceptsLinenMerchantsWomen WorkingMoney Management

Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

Verse ConceptsReward, DivineWagesIndustryOne's DeedsGodly WomanA Good Womanaccomplishmentsaccomplishment