20
Fear the Lord and keep his Law; that is what Wisdom is all about.
22
You may know everything there is to know about wickedness, but that does not make you wise. It is not sensible to follow the advice of sinners.
Footnotes 1
[a].
[Some manuscripts add verses 20b-21:] and what the knowledge of his omnipotence means. +V21+WIf a servant refuses to obey his master, but later does obey, the master is still angry.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.