Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.