Wisdom has built her house. Now she sets out a feast and invites all to come in and eat. The wise man will enter to receive reproof (and love wisdom for it), will become yet wiser and will increase in learning. He will prove in his own soul the truth: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding” (Prov. 9:10). By contrast, the scorner will not go in and will bear the sad consequences. He is prey for the foolish woman who is simple (not wise), who knoweth nothing, and who is void of understanding.