⁷ Do not be wise in your own eyes;
    fear the Lord and depart from evil.
⁸ It will be health to your body,
    and strength to your bones.

¹³ Happy is the man who finds wisdom,
    and the man who gets understanding;
¹⁴ for her benefit is more profitable than silver,
    and her gain than fine gold.
¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies,
    and all the things you may desire are not to be compared with her.
¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand,
    and in her left hand riches and honor.
¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
    and all her paths are peace.
¹⁸ She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her,
    and happy is everyone who retains her.

¹⁰ Hear, my son, and receive my sayings,
    and the years of your life will be many.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words;
    incline your ear to my sayings.
²¹ Do not let them depart from your eyes;
    keep them in the midst of your heart;
²² for they are life to those who find them,
    and health to all their body.

²⁷ The fear of the Lord prolongs days,
    but the years of the wicked will be shortened.

³⁰ A sound heart is the life of the flesh,
    but envy the rottenness of the bones.

³⁰ The light of the eyes rejoices the heart,
    and a good report makes the bones healthy.

¹⁷ The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;
    he who keeps his way preserves his soul.

²⁴ Pleasant words are as a honeycomb,
    sweet to the soul and health to the bones.