7. Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:
8. For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.
9. Honour the Lord with thy substance, and give him of the first of all thy fruits:
10. And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.
11. My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:
12. For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.
13. Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence:
14. The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:
15. She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her.
16. Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.
17. Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.