8It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
9Honor the LORD with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;
10so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
11My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;
12for whom the LORD loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
14For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.
15She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
16Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
17Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.
18She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
19By wisdom the LORD founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.