10. For those who keep the holy precepts hallowed will be found holy,and those learned in them will have ready a response.
11. Desire therefore my words;long for them and you will be instructed.
12. Resplendent and unfading is Wisdom,and she is readily perceived by those who love her,and found by those who seek her.
13. She hastens to make herself known to those who desire her;
14. one who watches for her at dawn will not be disappointed,for she will be found sitting at the gate.
15. For setting your heart on her is the perfection of prudence,and whoever keeps vigil for her is quickly free from care;
16. Because she makes her rounds, seeking those worthy of her,and graciously appears to them on the way,and goes to meet them with full attention.
17. For the first step toward Wisdom is an earnest desire for discipline;
18. then, care for discipline is love of her;love means the keeping of her laws;To observe her laws is the basis for incorruptibility;
19. and incorruptibility makes one close to God;
20. thus the desire for Wisdom leads to a kingdom.
21. If, then, you find pleasure in throne and scepter, you princes of peoples,honor Wisdom, that you may reign as kings forever.
22. Now what wisdom is, and how she came to be I shall proclaim;and I shall conceal no secrets from you,But from the very beginning I shall search outand bring to light knowledge of her;I shall not diverge from the truth.