Everyone who lives ought to be wise; it is as good as receiving an inheritance

and will give you as much security as money can. Wisdom keeps you safe---this is the advantage of knowledge.

I have always said that wisdom is better than strength, but no one thinks of the poor as wise or pays any attention to what they say.

Get wisdom and insight! Do not forget or ignore what I say.

Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do. Whatever else you get, get insight.

It is better---much better---to have wisdom and knowledge than gold and silver.

Once again my people will see the difference between what happens to the righteous and to the wicked, to the person who serves me and the one who does not."

The LORD Almighty says, "The day is coming when all proud and evil people will burn like straw. On that day they will burn up, and there will be nothing left of them.

But for you who obey me, my saving power will rise on you like the sun and bring healing like the sun's rays. You will be as free and happy as calves let out of a stall.

It is good to be able to enjoy the pleasant light of day.

Your word is a lamp to guide me and a light for my path.

The explanation of your teachings gives light and brings wisdom to the ignorant.

The road the righteous travel is like the sunrise, getting brighter and brighter until daylight has come.

The road of the wicked, however, is dark as night. They fall, but cannot see what they have stumbled over.

but if your eyes are no good, your body will be in darkness. So if the light in you is darkness, how terribly dark it will be!

Your eyes are like a lamp for the body. When your eyes are sound, your whole body is full of light; but when your eyes are no good, your whole body will be in darkness.

Make certain, then, that the light in you is not darkness.

You yourselves used to be in the darkness, but since you have become the Lord's people, you are in the light. So you must live like people who belong to the light,