^2 (A)Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
³ For if you cry for discernment,
^[a]Lift your voice for understanding;
⁴ If you seek her as ^(B)silver
And search for her as for ^(C)hidden treasures;
⁵ Then you will discern the ^(D)fear of the Lord
And discover 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 a ^(F)shield to those who walk in integrity,

^5 (A)Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And ^(B)do not lean on your own understanding.

⁶ A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,
But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.

²⁹ He who is ^(A)slow to anger has great understanding,
But he who is ^[a]quick-tempered exalts folly.

³³ Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,
But in the ^[a]hearts of fools it is made known.

³² He who ^(A)neglects discipline ^(B)despises himself,
But he who ^(C)listens to reproof acquires ^[a]understanding.

²¹ The ^(A)wise in heart will be called understanding,
And sweetness of ^[a]speech ^(B)increases ^[b]persuasiveness.

¹⁰ A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding
Than a hundred blows into a fool.

²⁷ He who ^(A)restrains his words ^[a]has knowledge,
And he who has a ^(B)cool spirit is a man of understanding.