You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!

Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it all.

Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.

I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them.”

It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.

Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of.

Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?

Help me to understand what your precepts mean! Then I can meditate on your marvelous teachings.

Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart.

י (Yod) Your hands made me and formed me. Give me understanding so that I might learn your commands.

The wicked prepare to kill me, yet I concentrate on your rules.

I am more discerning than those older than I, for I observe your precepts.

I am your servant. Give me insight, so that I can understand your rules.

Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.

Your rules remain just. Give me insight so that I can live.

ת (Tav) Listen to my cry for help, O Lord! Give me insight by your word!

To learn wisdom and moral instruction, and to discern wise counsel.

To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.