Proverbs 3:11-18

¹¹My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him:

¹²For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.

¹³Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence:

¹⁴The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:

¹⁵She is more precious than all riches: and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her.

¹⁶Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.

¹⁷Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.

¹⁸She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.