"You naive ones, how long will you love naivety And how long will scoffers delight in scoffing or fools hate knowledge?"

This is how you will walk in the way of good men and will keep to the paths of the righteous.

How joyful is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding,

and you will say, "How I hated instruction, and my heart rejected correction!

How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep?

He will not consider any payment, nor will he be willing to accept it, no matter how large the bribe.

"I, wisdom, am related to prudence. I know how to be discreet.

If the righteous receive what they are due here on earth, how much more will the wicked and the sinner.

The wisdom of the prudent helps him know how to live, but a fool's stupidity deceives him.

Since Sheol and Abaddon lie open in the LORD's presence, how much more the hearts of human beings!

How much better than gaining gold is the acquisition of wisdom, the attainment of wisdom better than silver!

The road of the upright circumvents evil, and whoever watches how he lives preserves his life.

Appropriate speech is inconsistent with the fool; how much more are deceitful statements with a prince!

All the relatives of a poor person shun him how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he runs after them pleading, they aren't around.

A man's steps are directed by the LORD; how then can anyone understand his own way?

What the wicked person sacrifices is detestable how much more when he offers it with vile motives!