My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: / That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; / Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: / To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; / Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; / Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; / Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: / To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; / Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: / So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.