Wisdom has built her house;

she has hewn out its seven pillars.

She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;

she has also set her table.

Proverbs 9:1-2

The woman Folly is loud;

she is undisciplined and without knowledge.

Proverbs 9:13

Wisdom and Folly side by side, calling from the hills, promising gifts to all who respond.

There's effort in wisdom; hewn pillars, prepared meats and wine, a table set and ready. Focus and learning, with the hope of understanding, inspire the wise to greater heights.

Loud is easier. Attention without effort, words without thought. It captures the mob and flames their passions, increasing the roar of uninformed voices insisting they alone are right.

It's time to hew pillars, to stop, to study, to think; to find and honor wisdom before bursting into undisciplined action.