2 ^(A)My son, ^(B)if you receive my words
    and treasure up my commandments with you,
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 ^(C)for understanding,
⁴ if you seek it like ^(D)silver
    and search for it as for ^(E)hidden treasures,
⁵ then ^(F)you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.

^7 (A)Be not wise in your own eyes;
    ^(B)fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
⁸ It will be ^(C)healing to your flesh^[a]
    and ^(D)refreshment^[b] to your bones.

^13 (A)The fear of the Lord is ^(B)hatred of evil.
^(C)Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
    and ^(D)perverted speech I hate.

^10 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
    and ^(B)the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

^27 (A)The fear of the Lord prolongs life,
    ^(B)but the years of the wicked will be short.

² Whoever ^(A)walks in uprightness fears the Lord,
    but he who is ^(B)devious in his ways despises him.

²⁶ In the fear of the Lord one has ^(A)strong confidence,
    and ^(B)his children will have ^(C)a refuge.
²⁷ The fear of the Lord is ^(D)a fountain of life,
    that one may ^(E)turn away from the snares of death.

^16 (A)Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great treasure and trouble with it.