⁴ Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
    and call insight your intimate friend,

² making your ear attentive to wisdom
    and inclining your heart to understanding,
³ if you indeed cry out for insight
    and raise your voice for understanding,
⁴ if you seek it like silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasures—^(A)

⁶ Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
    love her, and she will guard you.^(A)
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: get wisdom,
    and whatever else you get, get insight.^(B)
8 Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
    she will honor you if you embrace her.^(C)

¹⁴ if I say to the Pit, ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’^(A)