As we walk through life, both wisdom and folly offer us a way forward. They call from the same place to the same people, with the same invitation: “Come to me to find what will satisfy you.” In reality, they could not be more different. One offers the way to life; the other, the way to death. If we are not walking wisely, in the fear of the Lord, we may listen to the wrong voice. The appeal in Proverbs 9 is to discern the voice of wisdom and live by it.