¹¹ Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

⁶ Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.

²¹ Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited `on' Thee.

²² In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh `with' thee.

²³ For a lamp `is' the command, And the law a light, And a way of life `are' reproofs of instruction,

²⁴ To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

¹⁰ If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom `is' advantageous to make right.

¹⁵ See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

⁹ `Beth.' With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to Thy word.

¹⁰ With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.

¹¹ In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

¹⁵ and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!

¹⁶ And I said, `Better `is' wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' --

¹⁷ The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.

¹⁸ Better `is' wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good!