⁴ Wise words are like deep waters;
    wisdom flows from the wise like a bubbling brook.

⁸ To acquire wisdom is to love yourself;
    people who cherish understanding will prosper.

³ A house is built by wisdom
    and becomes strong through good sense.

⁷ Wisdom is too lofty for fools.
    Among leaders at the city gate, they have nothing to say.

¹⁴ In the same way, wisdom is sweet to your soul.
    If you find it, you will have a bright future,
    and your hopes will not be cut short.

²⁶ Those who trust their own insight are foolish,
    but anyone who walks in wisdom is safe.

²⁴ There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise:
²⁵ Ants—they aren’t strong,
    but they store up food all summer.
²⁶ Hyraxes^[a]—they aren’t powerful,
    but they make their homes among the rocks.
²⁷ Locusts—they have no king,
    but they march in formation.
²⁸ Lizards—they are easy to catch,
    but they are found even in kings’ palaces.