1. Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?
2. At the highest point along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
3. beside the gate leading into the city, at the entrance, she cries aloud:
4. “To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.
5. You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.
6. Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.
7. My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.
8. All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse.
9. To the discerning all of them are right; they are upright to those who have found knowledge.
10. Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,