6. For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7. He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8. for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.
9. Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—every good path.
10. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
12. Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
13. who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways,
14. who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15. whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.
16. Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17. who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.