Proverbs

¹ it's supported by seven hewn timbers.

² wine poured out, table set with silver and flowers.

³ Lady Wisdom goes to town, stands in a prominent place, and invites everyone within sound of her voice:

⁴ Come with me, oh come, have dinner with me!

⁵ roast lamb, carefully selected wines.

⁶ Walk up the street to a life with meaning."

⁷ confront bad behavior and get a kick in the shins.

⁸ all you'll get for your pains is abuse. But if you correct those who care about life, that's different—they'll love you for it!

⁹ tell good people what you know—they'll profit from it.

¹⁰ insight into life from knowing a Holy God.

¹¹ and the years of your life ripen.

¹² mock life and life will mock you.

¹³ brazen, empty-headed, frivolous.

¹⁴ of her house on Main Street,

¹⁵ their own business, calls out,

¹⁶ "Are you confused about life, don't know what's going on?

¹⁷ No one will ever know—I'll give you the time of your life."

¹⁸ that all her guests end up in hell.