³ Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you.
    Bind them around your neck.
    Write them on the tablet of your heart.
⁴ So you will find favor,
    and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

³⁵ The wise will inherit glory,
    but shame will be the promotion of fools.

⁷ Wisdom is supreme.
    Get wisdom.
    Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
⁸ Esteem her, and she will exalt you.
    She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.
⁹ She will give to your head a garland of grace.
    She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”

⁷ The memory of the righteous is blessed,
    but the name of the wicked will rot.

¹⁶ A gracious woman obtains honor,
    but violent men obtain riches.

²⁶ People curse someone who withholds grain,
    but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
²⁷ He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,
    but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

⁸ A man shall be commended according to his wisdom,
    but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

⁹ Better is he who is little known, and has a servant,
    than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

¹⁵ Good understanding wins favor,
    but the way of the unfaithful is hard.