To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:

The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;

Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.

Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house,

Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.

The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past.

The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

Crying out to those who go by, going straight on their way, she says:

The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.