⁶ For the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;^(A)

¹³ Happy are those who find wisdom
    and those who get understanding,
¹⁴ for her income is better than silver
    and her revenue better than gold.^(A)
15 She is more precious than jewels,
    and nothing you desire can compare with her.^(B)
16 Long life is in her right hand;
    in her left hand are riches and honor.^(C)
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
    and all her paths are peace.^(D)
18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her;
    those who hold her fast are called happy.^(E)

¹⁹ The Lord by wisdom founded the earth;
    by understanding he established the heavens;^(F)
20 by his knowledge the deeps broke open,
    and the clouds drop down the dew.^(G)

⁵ Get wisdom; get insight: do not forget nor turn away
    from the words of my mouth.^(A)
6 Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
    love her, and she will guard you.^(B)
7 The beginning of wisdom is this: get wisdom,
    and whatever else you get, get insight.^(C)
8 Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
    she will honor you if you embrace her.^(D)
9 She will place on your head a fair garland;
    she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”^(E)

¹⁰ Hear, my child, and accept my words,
    that the years of your life may be many.
¹¹ I have taught you the way of wisdom;
    I have led you in the paths of uprightness.^(F)
12 When you walk, your step will not be hampered,
    and if you run, you will not stumble.^(G)
13 Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;
    guard her, for she is your life.

5 My child, be attentive to my wisdom;
    incline your ear to my understanding,^(A)
2 so that you may hold on to prudence,
    and your lips may guard knowledge.

8 Does not wisdom call
    and understanding raise her voice?^(A)
2 On the heights, beside the way,
    at the crossroads she takes her stand;
³ beside the gates in front of the town,
    at the entrance of the portals she cries out:^(B)
4 “To you, O people, I call,
    and my cry is to all who live.
⁵ O simple ones, learn prudence;
    acquire intelligence, you who lack it.^(C)
6 Hear, for I will speak noble things,
    and from my lips will come what is right,^(D)
7 for my mouth will utter truth;
    wickedness is an abomination to my lips.^(E)
8 All the words of my mouth are righteous;
    there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
⁹ They are all straight to one who understands
    and right to those who find knowledge.^(F)
10 Take my instruction instead of silver
    and knowledge rather than choice gold,^(G)
11 for wisdom is better than jewels,
    and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.^(H)
12 I, wisdom, live with prudence,
    and I attain knowledge and discretion.^(I)
13 The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
    and perverted speech I hate.^(J)
14 I have good advice and sound wisdom;
    I have insight; I have strength.^(K)
15 By me kings reign,
    and rulers decree what is just;^(L)
16 by me rulers rule,
    and nobles, all who govern rightly.
¹⁷ I love those who love me,
    and those who seek me diligently find me.^(M)
18 Riches and honor are with me,
    enduring wealth and prosperity.^(N)
19 My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold,
    and my yield than choice silver.^(O)
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,
    along the paths of justice,
²¹ endowing with wealth those who love me
    and filling their treasuries.

²² “The Lord created me at the beginning^[a] of his work,^[b]
    the first of his acts of long ago.^(P)
23 Ages ago I was set up,
    at the first, before the beginning of the earth.^(Q)
24 When there were no depths I was brought forth,
    when there were no springs abounding with water.
²⁵ Before the mountains had been shaped,
    before the hills, I was brought forth,^(R)
26 when he had not yet made earth and fields^[c]
    or the world’s first bits of soil.
²⁷ When he established the heavens, I was there;
    when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,^(S)
28 when he made firm the skies above,
    when he established the fountains of the deep,
²⁹ when he assigned to the sea its limit,
    so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,^(T)
30     then I was beside him, like a master worker,^[d]
and I was daily his^[e] delight,
    playing before him always,^(U)
31 playing in his inhabited world
    and delighting in the human race.^(V)

9 Wisdom has built her house;
    she has hewn her seven pillars.^(AA)
2 She has slaughtered her animals; she has mixed her wine;
    she has also set her table.^(AB)
3 She has sent out her female servants; she calls
    from the highest places in the town,^(AC)
4 “You who are simple, turn in here!”
    To those without sense she says,^(AD)
5 “Come, eat of my bread
    and drink of the wine I have mixed.^(AE)
6 Lay aside immaturity and live,
    and walk in the way of insight.”^(AF)

¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
    and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.^(A)
11 For by me your days will be multiplied,
    and years will be added to your life.^(B)
12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
    if you scoff, you alone will bear it.^(C)

² When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
    but wisdom is with the humble.^(A)

³³ Wisdom is at home in the mind of one who has understanding,
    but it is not^[a] known in the heart of fools.^(A)