⁹ They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

⁶ The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

⁵ But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

¹⁴ For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

¹⁵ But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.

¹⁷ If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.

⁴⁵ The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.

¹¹ And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

¹² Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

⁷ Is the Lord quickly made angry? are these his doings? do not his words do good to his people Israel?

⁸ And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.

¹⁵ The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

¹ He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

² A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

²⁴ Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

²⁴ Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

¹⁴ The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

⁹⁸ Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever.

⁹⁹ I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I give thought to your unchanging word.

¹⁰⁰ I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.

¹² If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.

¹³ His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

¹⁴ The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

⁷ The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.

⁸ The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.