⁴ to give insight to gullible people,
to give knowledge and foresight to the young—

4 Sons,
listen to ⌞your⌟ father’s discipline,
and pay attention in order to gain understanding.
² After all, I have taught you well.
Do not abandon my teachings.
³ When I was a boy ⌞learning⌟ from my father,
when I was a tender and only child of my mother,
⁴ they used to teach me and say to me,
“Cling to my words wholeheartedly.
Obey my commands so that you may live.
⁵ Acquire wisdom.
Acquire understanding.
Do not forget.
Do not turn away from the words that I have spoken.
⁶ Do not abandon wisdom, and it will watch over you.
Love wisdom, and it will protect you.
⁷ The beginning of wisdom is to acquire wisdom.
Acquire understanding with all that you have.

5 My son,
pay attention to my wisdom.
Open your ears to my understanding
² so that you may act with foresight
and speak with insight.

9 Wisdom has built her house.
She has carved out her seven pillars.
² She has prepared her meat.
She has mixed her wine.
She has set her table.
³ She has sent out her servant girls.
She calls from the highest places in the city,
⁴ “Whoever is gullible turn in here!”

⁸ The wisdom of a sensible person guides his way of life,
but the stupidity of fools misleads them.

¹⁵ A gullible person believes anything,
but a sensible person watches his step.

³ Sensible people foresee trouble and hide ⌞from it⌟,
but gullible people go ahead and suffer ⌞the consequence⌟.