Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson; rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.

If you stop listening to correction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

There is gold and a multitude of jewels, but knowledgeable lips are a rare treasure.

When a mocker is punished, the inexperienced become wiser; when one teaches a wise man, he acquires knowledge.

The Lord’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He overthrows the words of the treacherous.

Words of the Wise

Listen closely, pay attention to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge.

Haven’t I written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

Apply yourself to discipline and listen to words of knowledge.

by knowledge the rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.

A wise warrior is better than a strong one, and a man of knowledge than one of strength;

When a land is in rebellion, it has many rulers, but with a discerning and knowledgeable person, it endures.

I have not gained wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

I said to myself, “Look, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has thoroughly grasped wisdom and knowledge.”

I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.

For with much wisdom is much sorrow; as knowledge increases, grief increases.

When there is a man whose work was done with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great wrong.

For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

because wisdom is protection as money is protection, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

The Teacher’s Objectives and Conclusion

In addition to the Teacher being a wise man, he constantly taught the people knowledge; he weighed, explored, and arranged many proverbs.

Therefore My people will go into exile because they lack knowledge; her dignitaries are starving, and her masses are parched with thirst.

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him— a Spirit of wisdom and understanding, a Spirit of counsel and strength, a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

None will harm or destroy another on My entire holy mountain, for the land will be as full of the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is filled with water.

The reckless mind will gain knowledge, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.

There will be times of security for you— a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.