18
My son, from your youth up choose instruction, and until you are old you will keep finding wisdom.
19
Come to her like one who plows and sows, and wait for her good harvest. For in her service you will toil a little while, and soon you will eat of her produce.
20
She seems very harsh to the uninstructed; a weakling will not remain with her.
21
She will weigh him down like a heavy testing stone, and he will not be slow to cast her off.
22
For wisdom is like her name, and is not manifest to many.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.