| 1 | My son, 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 cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, |
| 4 | if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures; |
| 5 | then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. |
| 6 | For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; |
| 7 | he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, |
| 8 | guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his saints. |
| 9 | Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; |
| 10 | for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; |
| 11 | discretion will watch over you; understanding will guard you; |
| 12 | delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech, |