I said to myself, “Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”

Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me.

So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.

Wisdom strengthens a wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success.