⁴ Deep waters are words of the mouth of a man;
    a gushing stream is a fountain of wisdom.

⁸ He who acquires wisdom loves himself;^[a]
    he who guards understanding loves to find good.

³ By wisdom a house is built,
    and by understanding it is established.

⁷ Wisdom is too high for fools;
    at the gate he will not open his mouth.

¹⁴ Thus know wisdom for the sake of your soul,^[a]
    if you find it, then there is a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.

²⁶ He who trusts in his own heart^[a] is a fool,
    but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.

²⁴ There are four small things on the earth,
    and they are exceedingly wise:^[a]
25 The ants are a people who are not strong,
    yet they prepare their food in the summer;
²⁶ the badgers are a people who are not mighty,
    yet they set their house on the rock;
²⁷ there is no king for the locust,
    yet it marches in rank;
²⁸ a lizard you can seize with hands,
    yet it is in palaces of kings.