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)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.^(B)
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;^(C)
7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
    he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,^(D)

⁶ A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,
    but knowledge is easy for one who understands.

²⁹ Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,
    but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly.^(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)

³² Those who ignore instruction despise themselves,
    but those who heed admonition gain understanding.^(A)

²¹ The wise of heart is called perceptive,
    and pleasant speech increases persuasiveness.

¹⁰ A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person
    than a hundred blows into a fool.

²⁷ One who spares words is knowledgeable;
    one who is cool in spirit has understanding.^(A)

² A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
    but only in expressing personal opinion.^(A)