5. Then will you understand the fear of the Lord;the knowledge of God you will find;
6. For the Lord gives wisdom,from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
7. He has success in store for the upright,is the shield of those who walk honestly,
8. Guarding the paths of justice,protecting the way of his faithful ones,
9. Then you will understand what is right and just,what is fair, every good path;
10. For wisdom will enter your heart,knowledge will be at home in your soul,
11. Discretion will watch over you,understanding will guard you;
12. Saving you from the way of the wicked,from those whose speech is perverse.
13. From those who have left the straight pathsto walk in the ways of darkness,
14. Who delight in doing eviland celebrate perversity;
15. Whose ways are crooked,whose paths are devious;
16. Saving you from a stranger,from a foreign woman with her smooth words,
17. One who forsakes the companion of her youthand forgets the covenant of her God;
18. For her path sinks down to death,and her footsteps lead to the shades.