² making your ear attentive to wisdom
    and inclining your heart to understanding;
³ yes, if you call out for insight
    and raise your voice ^(A)for understanding,
⁴ if you seek it like ^(B)silver
    and search for it as for ^(C)hidden treasures,
⁵ then ^(D)you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.
⁶ For ^(E)the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
⁷ he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
    he is ^(F)a shield to those who ^(G)walk in integrity,

^6 (A)A scoffer seeks wisdom ^(B)in vain,
    but ^(C)knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

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

³³ Wisdom ^(A)rests in the heart of a man of understanding,
    but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools.^[a]

³² Whoever ^(A)ignores instruction ^(B)despises himself,
    but he who listens to reproof ^(C)gains intelligence.

²¹ The wise of heart is called discerning,
    and sweetness of speech ^(A)increases persuasiveness.

¹⁰ A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows into a fool.

²⁷ Whoever ^(A)restrains his words has knowledge,
    and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.