6. to understand a proverb and the interpretation,the words of the wise and their riddles.
7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8. My son, hear the instruction of your father,and do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
9. for they will be a garland of grace on your head,and chains about your neck.
10. My son, if sinners entice you,do not consent.
11. If they say, “Come with us,let us lie in wait for blood;let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
12. let us swallow them up alive as the grave,and whole, as those who go down into the pit;