¹⁷ Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

¹² Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

⁵ While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

³ Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.

¹⁶ When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

⁹ All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

²⁵ I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

³³ Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

³⁴ Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.

¹ My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

² So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

⁴ And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

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.

⁸ Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.

¹ My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

² So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

³ Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

⁴ If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

⁵ Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

³ To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:

¹² So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.