⁷ Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom.
    Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
⁸ Then you will have healing for your body
    and strength for your bones.

²⁹ The way of the Lord is a stronghold to those with integrity,
    but it destroys the wicked.

⁷ When the wicked die, their hopes die with them,
    for they rely on their own feeble strength.

²² A cheerful heart is good medicine,
    but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.

¹⁰ The name of the Lord is a strong fortress;
    the godly run to him and are safe.

¹¹ The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense;
    they imagine it to be a high wall of safety.

²⁹ The glory of the young is their strength;
    the gray hair of experience is the splendor of the old.

²² The wise conquer the city of the strong
    and level the fortress in which they trust.

³ A house is built by wisdom
    and becomes strong through good sense.

⁵ The wise are mightier than the strong,^[a]
    and those with knowledge grow stronger and stronger.

¹⁰ If you fail under pressure,
    your strength is too small.