So they will give life to you, and grace to adorn your neck.

lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.

Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you, ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’ You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you.”