^{20 Ref} From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

^{21 Ref} For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.

^{22 Ref} Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears.

^{23 Ref} God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

^{24 Ref} For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven.

^{25 Ref} When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;

^{26 Ref} When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the thunder-flames;

^{27 Ref} Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.

^{28 Ref} And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.