⁸ Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, [and] who hear your wisdom.

³⁴ Blessed is the man who hears me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my door posts.

⁷ Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.

⁸ Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.

¹³ Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding.

¹⁴ For her good profit is better than getting silver, And her return is better than fine gold.

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many, But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

²⁰ One who walks with wise men grows wise, But a companion of fools suffers harm.

³⁹ She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.

⁴⁰ But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."

⁴¹ Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,

⁴² but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her."

²⁸ But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."

³¹ The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.