Desiring Wisdom

¹ Doesn’t Wisdom cry out and Understanding shout? ² Atop the heights along the path, at the crossroads she takes her stand. ³ By the gate before the city, at the entrances she shouts: ⁴ I cry out to you, people; my voice goes out to all of humanity. ⁵ Understand skill, you who are naive. Take this to heart, you fools. ⁶ Listen, for I speak things that are correct; from my lips comes what is right. ⁷ My mouth utters the truth; my lips despise wickedness. ⁸ All the words of my mouth are righteous; nothing in them is twisted or crooked. ⁹ All of them are straightforward to those who understand, and upright for the knowledgeable. ¹⁰ Take my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold. ¹¹ Wisdom is better than pearls; nothing is more delightful than she.