The Worth of Wisdom

11 Reject not, my son, the Lord’s chastening.

Do not spurn His reproof.

12 For whom the Lord loves, he chastens,

he reproves the child he delights in.

13 Happy those who find wisdom,

they who obtain understanding.

14 For she brings a gain fairer than silver,

a revenue better than gold.

15 More precious is she than corals,

and with her can no treasures compare.

16 In her right hand is long life,

in her left are riches and honour.

17 Her ways are pleasant ways,

and all her paths are peace.

18 She is a tree of life to those who grasp her.

Happy they who hold her fast.

19 The Lord by wisdom founded the earth,

by understanding established the heavens.

20 By knowledge he broke up the deeps.

and the clouds he made drip with dew. *************