²⁴ Wisdom is before him who has understanding,
    but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

¹⁵ The heart of the prudent gets knowledge,
    and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

⁸ He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;
    he who keeps understanding will find good.

⁵ Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
    but a man of understanding will draw it out.

¹² The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
    the Lord has made both of them.

⁷ Whoever keeps the law is a wise son,
    but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father.