Discretion will protect you; understanding will watch over you,

Do not abandon her, and she will protect you. Love her, and she will watch over you.

During your travels wisdom will lead you; she will watch over you while you rest; and when you are startled from your sleep, she will commune with you.

A wise man attacks the city of the mighty, bringing down the fortress in which they trust.

Don't be envious of wicked men or wish you were with them,

Here are some more proverbs by Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed.

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gave them both eyes with which to see.

Three things are stately in procession, four which are stately in their gait:

The words of King Lemuel a pronouncement with which his mother encouraged him.