² so as to turn your ear to wisdom,
    and apply your heart to understanding;
³ yes, if you call out for discernment,
    and lift up your voice for understanding;
⁴ if you seek her as silver,
    and search for her as for hidden treasures:
⁵ then you will understand the fear of Yahweh,
    and find the knowledge of God.^[a]
6 For Yahweh gives wisdom.
    Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
⁷ He lays up sound wisdom for the upright.
    He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

⁵ Trust in Yahweh with all your heart,
    and don’t lean on your own understanding.

⁶ A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it,
    but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

²⁹ He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
    but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

³³ Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,
    and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

³² He who refuses correction despises his own soul,
    but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.

²¹ The wise in heart shall be called prudent.
    Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

¹⁰ A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding
    than a hundred lashes into a fool.

²⁷ He who spares his words has knowledge.
    He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

² A fool has no delight in understanding,
    but only in revealing his own opinion.