13 The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
15 calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
16 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" And to him who lacks sense she says,
17 "Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
18 But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
The first part of this chapter we've seen wisdom, personified as a women setting a feast for all who are hungry. Here we see the opposite of wisdom, folly. Like wisdom, foolishness is in the center of town, calling out for followers. Both seek the simple, which suggests the wise will not fall for folly's trap. The difference between the two calls is in their message. Wisdom offers a feast, folly suggests stealing one. And where wisdom offers life, here the opposing message only delivers death.
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