The Way of Folly

The woman [named] Folly is loud;

[she is] naive and knows nothing

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She sits at the door of her house,

on a seat in the heights of the city,

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calling out to those who pass by,

who make their paths {straight}.

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“Whoever [is] simple, let him turn in here!”

she says to him who lacks judgment.

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“Stolen water is sweet,

and bread [eaten] in secret is tasty!”

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But they do not know that the dead[fn] are there,

that her guests [are] in the depths of Sheol. 10