13. For if you had walked in the way of God, you would certainly have lived in everlasting peace.
14. Learn where prudence is, where virtue is, where understanding is, so that you may know at the same time where long life and prosperity are, where the light of the eyes and peace are.
15. Who has discovered its place? And who has entered its treasure chamber?
16. Where are the leaders of the peoples, and those who rule over the beasts that are upon the earth,
17. who play among the birds of the air,
18. who store up treasures of silver and gold, in which men trust, and with whom there is no end to their acquiring, who work with silver and are anxious about it, and whose works are inexplicable?
19. They have been banished and have descended to hell, and others are risen up in their place.
20. The youth have seen the light and have dwelt upon the earth, yet they are ignorant of the way of instruction.
21. They have neither understood the paths of it, nor have their sons accepted it. It is far from their face.
22. It has not been heard of in the land of Canaan, nor has it been seen in Teman.
23. It is likewise with the sons of Hagar, who search for the practicality that is of the earth, the negotiators of Merran and Teman, and the storytellers, and the searchers of discretion and intelligence. Yet the way of wisdom they have not known, nor have they called to mind its paths.
24. O Israel, how great is the house of God, and how vast is the place of his possession!
25. It is great and has no end! It is exalted and immense!
26. There were those who were called giants, who existed from the beginning, of great stature, expert in war.
27. The Lord did not choose them, nor did they discover the way of instruction; for this reason they perished,
28. and, because they did not have wisdom, they passed away as a result of their foolishness.
29. Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
30. Who has crossed the sea, and found her, and brought her, chosen instead of gold?