When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.

“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south?

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

Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

“But wisdom – where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

“But wisdom – where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?

“If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say.

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her.

indeed, if you call out for discernment – raise your voice for understanding –

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

Wisdom is supreme – so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding a close relative,

Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.

The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.

Acquire truth and do not sell it – wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.

Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;

Those who stray morally will gain understanding; those who complain will acquire insight.

Now I am sending you Huram Abi, a skilled and capable man,