9 Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still. Teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of Adonai is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For through me your days will be many and years will be added to your life.
12 If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you scoff, you bear it alone.
13 The foolish woman is rowdy. She is naïve and knows nothing.
14 So she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
15 calling to those who pass by, who go straight on their way: