1. Does not Wisdom call,and Understanding raise her voice?
2. On the top of the heights along the road,at the crossroads she takes her stand;
3. By the gates at the approaches of the city,in the entryways she cries aloud:
4. “To you, O people, I call;my appeal is to you mortals.
5. You naive ones, gain prudence,you fools, gain sense.
6. Listen! for noble things I speak;my lips proclaim honest words.
7. Indeed, my mouth utters truth,and my lips abhor wickedness.
8. All the words of my mouth are sincere,none of them wily or crooked;
9. All of them are straightforward to the intelligent,and right to those who attain knowledge.
10. Take my instruction instead of silver,and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11. [For Wisdom is better than corals,and no treasures can compare with her.]
12. I, Wisdom, dwell with prudence,and useful knowledge I have.