Proverbs 9:10 says, The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.  Once more, I don't believe that fear of God means being afraid of God, but means to have respect for God.  I do not believe that God wants us to be afraid of Him, but wants us to enter in to a close personal relationship with Him based on respect for Him.  He wants us to have the same type relationship that a child should have with his or her Father.  God will always want what is best for us.  This respect for God is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the holy, the things of God, is the beginning of understanding.  Verse eleven says,  For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. Believing in God and following Him leads to an increase in our life span.  If we do not live longer in this world, we will have an everlasting life with God.  I believe that those who do not believe in God and accept Christ as their Savior and Lord, though their souls will not die, they really want have what could be called a life.  If we follow God, ,our life here on earth will be more meaningful.  Verse twelve says, If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.  Our wisdom in accepting Christ as our Savior and Lord benefits each of us alone.  No one else can be saved by our profession of faith.  It is the responsibility of each individual to accept Christ by faith.  The opposite is also true.  We each bear the responsibility of our own rejection by God if we do not accept Christ as our Savior and Lord.  No one else will bear the responsibility for our sins.  Verse thirteen declares, A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.  A foolish woman, like a foolish man, is one who denies the truth of God.  She is clamourous or makes a lot of noise, but really knows nothing.  Without acknowledging God, we can never really know anything of value.  Whatever we say without being guided by God and His word is just so much noise in a spiritual sense.  Verse fourteen says, For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,  A foolish woman, one who would lead people away from God, likes to call attention to herself.  The same can be said of a foolish man.  Both are self- centered instead of being focused on God.  Verse fifteen adds, To call passengers who go right on their ways:  She calls out to those who pass by to tempt them.  Verse sixteen warns, Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,  Matthew Henry says that it is educated young men that she tempts, but educated or not they are simple due to the fact that they are not following God's leadership.  Those who follow God are not exempt from temptation, but are often tempted even more than those who don't follow God.  Verse seventeen states, Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.  The temptation is that things taken that don't belong to us are somehow more satisfying than the things that are ours.  Christ is the living water and the bread of life freely given, but those that would tempt us tell us that there is something sweeter and more satisfying.  Verse eighteen declares, But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.  This is simply a warning that instead of bringing satisfaction, giving in to these temptations leads not to joy, but to death and hell.  If we are saved by Christ, we will not end up in hell, but we will become dead to good works and the joy of salvation in this world.