⁵ let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning
    and the discerning acquire skill,^(A)
6 to understand a proverb and a figure,
    the words of the wise and their riddles.

⁸ Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,
    and do not reject your mother’s teaching,^(C)
9 for they are a fair garland for your head
    and pendants for your neck.^(D)

²³ Give heed to my reproof;
I will pour out my thoughts to you;
    I will make my words known to you.^(A)

2 My child, if you accept my words
    and treasure up my commandments within you,^(A)
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—^(B)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.^(C)
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;^(D)

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

¹⁵ Fools think their own way is right,
    but the wise listen to advice.^(A)

¹⁰ By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife,
    but wisdom is with those who take advice.^(A)

²⁰ Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
    but the companion of fools suffers harm.^(A)

⁶ A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,
    but knowledge is easy for one who understands.
⁷ Leave the presence of a fool,
    for there you do not find words of knowledge.
⁸ It is the wisdom of the clever to understand where they go,
    but the folly of fools misleads.^(A)