³⁷ Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

¹³ Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

² Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron; So a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

¹⁸ For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

¹⁵ Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

¹⁶ redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

¹⁷ Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

² For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

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

⁸ He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

³ For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

²⁰ For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.

²⁴ "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

²⁸ Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

⁵ A fool despises his father's correction, But he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

¹² A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it: