'May' in the Bible

To know [skillful and godly] wisdom and instruction;To discern and comprehend the words of understanding and insight,

That prudence (good judgment, astute common sense) may be given to the naive or inexperienced [who are easily misled],And knowledge and discretion (intelligent discernment) to the youth,

The wise will hear and increase their learning,And the person of understanding will acquire wise counsel and the skill [to steer his course wisely and lead others to the truth],

To understand a proverb and a figure [of speech] or an enigma with its interpretation,And the words of the wise and their riddles [that require reflection].

He guards the paths of justice;And He preserves the way of His saints (believers).

So you will walk in the way of good men [that is, those of personal integrity, moral courage and honorable character],And keep to the paths of the righteous.

That you may exercise discrimination and discretion (good judgment),And your lips may reserve knowledge and answer wisely [to temptation].

That they may keep you from the immoral woman,From the foreigner [who does not observe God’s laws and] who flatters with her [smooth] words.

“For wisdom is better than rubies;And all desirable things cannot compare with her.

That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth and true riches,And that I may fill their treasuries.

The teaching of the wise is a fountain and source of life,So that one may avoid the snares of death.

The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that leads to obedience and worship] is a fountain of life,So that one may avoid the snares of death.

The [chosen] path of life leads upward for the wise,That he may keep away from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) below.

Listen to counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction,That you may be wise in the time to come.

Haughty and arrogant eyes and a proud heart,The lamp of the wicked [their self-centered pride], is sin [in the eyes of God].

So that your trust and reliance and confidence may be in the Lord,I have taught these things to you today, even to you.

To let you know the certainty of the words of truth,That you may give a correct answer to him who sent you?

Do not boast about tomorrow,For you do not know what a day may bring.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,That I may reply to him who reproaches (reprimands, criticizes) me.