The discipline, 1-3, and the doctrine of wisdom,4-12. The custom, 13-15; and error of folly, 16-18;

wisdom The infinite and eternal Wisdom of God, which has so framed the universe as to exhibit a scene of grandeur and stability, and made ample provision for the innumerable beings by which it is inhabited. builded Mt 16:18 1Co 3:9-15 Eph 2:20-22 1Ti 3:15 Heb 3:3-6 1Pe 2:5,6

pillars 1Ki 7:2,3,6,21 Ga 2:9 Re 3:12

2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

killed Isa 25:6 Mt 22:3,4 1Co 5:7,8

beasts Ge 43:16

mingled 9:5 23:30 Lu 14:17

3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

sent Mt 22:3,4,9 Lu 11:49 14:17,21-23 8:1-3 Joh 7:37 18:20

4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

9:16 1:22 6:32 8:5 Ps 19:7 119:130 Mt 11:25 Re 3:17,18 Re 22:17

5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

9:2,17 Ps 22:26,29 So 5:1 Isa 55:1-3 Jer 31:12-14 Mt 26:26-28 Joh 6:27,49-58

6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

forsake 4:14,15 13:20 Ps 26:4-6 45:10 119:115 Ac 2:40 2Co 6:17 Re 18:4

in 4:11 10:17 Mt 7:13,14 Lu 13:24

7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

15:12 Ge 19:8,9 1Ki 18:17 21:20 22:24,27 2Ch 24:20-22 25:15,16 36:16

8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

reprove 23:9 29:1 Nu 14:6-10 1Ki 22:8 Mt 7:6 15:14 Heb 4:6-8

rebuke 13:18 28:23 Le 19:17 2Sa 12:7-14 1Ki 1:23,32 Ps 141:5 Ga 2:11-14 2Pe 3:15,16

9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

1:5 25:12 Ho 6:3 Mt 13:11,12 2Pe 3:18 1Jo 2:20,21 1Jo 5:13

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

the fear 1:7 Job 28:28 Ps 111:10 Ec 12:13

the knowledge 2:5 30:3 1Ch 28:9 Mt 11:27 Joh 17:3 1Jo 5:20

11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

3:2,16 10:27 De 6:2

12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

16:26 Job 22:2,3,21 35:6,7 Isa 28:22 Eze 18:20 2Pe 3:3,4,16

13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

7:11 21:9,19 1Ti 6:4

14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

she 7:10-12

in 9:3;

15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:

7:13-15;,25-27; 23:27,28;

16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

stolen 20:17 23:31,32 Ge 3:6 Ro 7:8 Jas 1:14,15

eaten in secret 7:18-20 30:20 2Ki 5:24-27 Eph 5:12

18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

he 1:7 Ps 82:5 2Pe 3:5

the dead 2:18,19 5:5 6:26 7:27