18. No mention shall be made of coral, or of crystal: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20. From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21. Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowls of the air.
22. Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame of it with our ears.
23. God understands its way, and he knows its place.
24. For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven;
25. To make the weight for the wind; and he apportions the waters by measure.
26. When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27. Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28. And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.