My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,

furthermore, if you call out to insight
and lift your voice to understanding,

if you seek it like silver
and search for it like hidden treasure,

then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and discover the knowledge of God.

For wisdom will enter your mind,
and knowledge will delight your heart.

He stores up success for the upright;
He is a shield for those who live with integrity

Then you will understand righteousness, justice,
and integrity—every good path.

so that He may guard the paths of justice
and protect the way of His loyal followers.

Discretion will watch over you,
and understanding will guard you,

rescuing you from the way of evil—
from the one who says perverse things,

whose paths are crooked,
and whose ways are devious.

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,
from a stranger with her flattering talk,

For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those of integrity will remain in it;

for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.

from those who abandon the right paths
to walk in ways of darkness,

from those who enjoy doing evil
and celebrate perversion,

who abandons the companion of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God;

listening closely to wisdom
and directing your heart to understanding;

but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the treacherous uprooted from it.

None return who go to her;
none reach the paths of life.

So follow the way of good people,
and keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the Lord gives wisdom;
from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.