Proverbs 9

Two women, two feasts. Wisdom builds a house, sets a table, and invites the simple: come, eat, leave folly, live. Folly sits at her door making the same invitation in the same words, offering "stolen water" and secret bread, but her guests are among the dead. Teachability is the dividing line: rebuke a wise man and he'll love you.

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." (Proverbs 9:10)