³ Do not let gracious love and truth leave you.
    Bind them around your neck,
        write them on the tablet of your heart,
⁴ and find favor and a good reputation^[a] with God and men.

¹³ How joyful is the man who finds wisdom,
    and the man who gains understanding,
¹⁴ because her profit is better than the profit of silver,
    and her yield than fine gold.
¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies,
    and nothing you desire compares with her.
¹⁶ Long life is in her right hand,
    and in her left are riches and honor.
¹⁷ Her ways are pleasant ways,
    and all her paths are peaceful.
¹⁸ She is a tree of life for those who embrace her,
    and whoever clutches her tightly will be joyful.

³⁵ The wise will inherit honor,
    but he holds fools up for ridicule.

⁷ Wisdom is of utmost importance, therefore get wisdom,
    and with all your effort work to acquire understanding.
⁸ Prize her and she will exalt you.
    Indeed, if you embrace her, she will honor you.
⁹ She will place on your head a graceful garland;
    she will present to you a crown of beauty.”

⁷ The reputation^[a] of the righteous leads to blessing,
    but the name of the wicked will rot.

²⁶ People will curse whoever withholds grain,
    but blessing will come to whoever is selling.

⁹ It’s better to be unimportant, yet have a servant,
    than to pretend to be important, but lack food.

¹⁵ Good understanding produces grace,
    but the lifestyle of the treacherous never changes.^[a]