Then they will call me, but I won’t answer;
they will search for me, but won’t find me.

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

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call understanding your relative.

Doesn’t Wisdom call out?
Doesn’t Understanding make her voice heard?

“People, I call out to you;
my cry is to mankind.

Better a meal of vegetables where there is love
than a fattened ox with hatred.

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.

Her sons rise up and call her blessed.
Her husband also praises her: