⁹ Let those who are wise understand these things.
    Let those with discernment listen carefully.
The paths of the Lord are true and right,
    and righteous people live by walking in them.
    But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.

⁴³ Those who are wise will take all this to heart;
    they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord.

²⁹ The way of the Lord is a stronghold to those with integrity,
    but it destroys the wicked.

⁵ Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser.
    Let those with understanding receive guidance
⁶ by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables,
    the words of the wise and their riddles.