7. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
8. It will be healing to your fleshand refreshment to your bones.
9. Honor the Lord with your wealthand with the firstfruits of all your produce;
10. then your barns will be filled with plenty,and your vats will be bursting with wine.
11. My son, do not despise the Lord’s disciplineor be weary of his reproof,
12. for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,as a father the son in whom he delights.
13. Blessed is the one who finds wisdom,and the one who gets understanding,
14. for the gain from her is better than gain from silverand her profit better than gold.
15. She is more precious than jewels,and nothing you desire can compare with her.
16. Long life is in her right hand;in her left hand are riches and honor.
17. Her ways are ways of pleasantness,and all her paths are peace.
18. She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her;those who hold her fast are called blessed.
19. The Lord by wisdom founded the earth;by understanding he established the heavens;
20. by his knowledge the deeps broke open,and the clouds drop down the dew.
21. My son, do not lose sight of these—keep sound wisdom and discretion,
22. and they will be life for your souland adornment for your neck.