13. She makes herself known even in advance to those who desire her with all their hearts.
14. Someone who awakens before dawn to look for her will find her already sitting at the door.
15. Taking wisdom to heart is the way to bring your thinking to maturity. The one who can’t sleep at night because he’s consumed with thinking about her will soon be free from worry.
16. She herself goes about looking for those who are worthy of her. She graciously makes herself known to them as they travel. She comes to them in each of the ideas that they think.
17. The real beginning of wisdom is to desire instruction with all your heart.
18. Love for instruction expresses itself in careful reflection. If you love Wisdom, you will keep her laws. If you are attentive to her laws, you can be assured that you will live forever.
19. If you live forever, you will be near to God.
20. If you desire wisdom with all your heart, you will know what good leadership is.
21. So if you, who take charge over peoples, want to keep enjoying the thrones and symbols of power that you presently possess, honor wisdom so that you may rule forever.
22. I’ll tell you what Wisdom is and how she came into being. I won’t hide these secret matters from you. I’ll show you her very origins. I’ll lay all that I know of her in the open. I won’t skip past the truth.
23. I won’t be selfish or allow jealousy to make me keep this to myself, for jealousy has nothing to do with wisdom.