2. in order to incline your ear toward wisdom, then you shall apply your heart to understanding.
3. For if you cry out for understanding, if you lift your voice for insight,
4. if you seek her like silver and search her out like treasure,
5. then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and the knowledge of God you will find.
6. For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7. For the upright, he stores sound judgment, a shield for those who walk uprightly,
8. in order to guard paths of justice and keep the way of his faithful ones.
9. Then you will understand righteousness and justice and uprightness—every good course—
10. for wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul.
11. Discretion will watch over you; understanding will protect you,
12. in order to deliver you from the way of evil, from a man who speaks devious things—