² To know wisdom and instruction,
    to perceive the words of understanding,
³ to receive the instruction of wisdom,
    justice, judgment, and equity;
⁴ to give subtlety to the simple,
    to the young man knowledge and discretion—
⁵ a wise man will hear and will increase learning,
    and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,
⁶ to understand a proverb and the interpretation,
    the words of the wise and their riddles.

⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools despise wisdom and instruction.