¹³ Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.

¹¹ Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

¹² Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

⁸ For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

²³ But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

³⁴ The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark.

³⁵ So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.

¹⁸ Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.

¹ For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.

² But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.

⁷ Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

¹⁸ Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.

¹⁶ Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

¹⁹ Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.

¹⁶ How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

¹⁸ But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

¹⁹ The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

⁵ Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

⁶ Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

⁷ The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

¹³⁰ The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.

¹⁰⁵ <NUN> Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way.