3He sent his handmaids, that they should call to the tower; and to the walls of the city.
4If any man is little in wit, come he to me. And wisdom spake to unwise men,
5Come ye, eat ye my bread; and drink ye the wine, which I have meddled or mingled to you.
6Forsake ye young childhood, and live ye; and go ye by the way of prudence.
7He that teacheth a scorner, doeth wrong to himself; and he that reproveth a wicked man, engendereth a wem to himself.
8Do not thou reprove a scorner; lest he hate thee. Reprove thou a wise man; and he shall love thee.
9Give thou occasion to a wise man; and wisdom shall be increased to him. Teach thou a just or rightwise man; and he shall hasten to take it.
10The beginning of wisdom is the dread of the Lord; and prudence is the knowing of saints.
11For thy days shall be multiplied by me; and the years of life shall be increased to thee.