This translation is from the New Jerusalem Bible. Other translations are available here. Information about the original Hebrew meaning of what seem to be the key words is provided immediately below the scriptural text. Collections of scriptures dealing with similar principles are hyperlinked at the end of this post.
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'I, Wisdom, share house with Discretion, I am mistress of the art of thought.
13(Fear of Yahweh means hatred of evil.) I hate pride and arrogance, wicked behaviour and a lying mouth.
14To me belong good advice and prudence, I am perception: power is mine!
15By me monarchs rule and princes decree what is right;16by me rulers govern, so do nobles, the lawful authorities.
17I love those who love me; whoever searches eagerly for me finds me.
18With me are riches and honour, lasting wealth and saving justice.
19The fruit I give is better than gold, even the finest, the return I make is better than pure silver.
20I walk in the way of uprightness in the path of justice, 21to endow my friends with my wealth and to fill their treasuries.
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Discretion = עָרְמָה = ʿārmâ Blue Letter Bible shrewdness, craftiness, prudence; discretion; guile; subtilty; wiliness; wisdom; craftiness
art of thought = דַּעַת = daʿaṯ Blue Letter Bible knowledge, perception, skill; discernment, understanding, wisdom; cunning; knowing; intelligence
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מְזִמָּה = mᵊzimmâ Blue Letter Bible purpose, discretion; sagacity; thought; prudence; counsel; power of devising
evil = רַע = raʿ Blue Letter Bible bad, evil, disagreeable, malignant, unpleasant, giving pain, unhappiness, misery, displeasing; sad, unhappy; hurtful; unkind, vicious in disposition, wicked (ethically)
pride = גֵּאָה = gē'â Blue Letter Bible pride, arrogance
arrogance = גָּאוֹן = gā'ôn Blue Letter Bible pride; arrogance; pomp, swelling; exaltation, majesty, pride; excellence; ornament, glory, splendor; sublimity
wicked = רַע = raʿ Blue Letter Bible bad, evil, disagreeable, malignant, unpleasant, giving pain, unhappiness, misery, displeasing; sad, unhappy; hurtful; unkind, vicious in disposition, wicked (ethically)
behavior = דֶּרֶךְ = dereḵ Blue Letter Bible way, road, distance, journey, manner; path; mode; habit, way; course of life; mode of action
lying = תַּהְפֻּכוֹת = tahpuḵôṯ Blue Letter Bible perversity; deceit, fraud; foolishness
good = תּוּשִׁיָּה = tûšîyâ Blue Letter Bible wisdom, sound or efficient wisdom; counsel; sound knowledge; abiding success; to substantiate; support or (by implication) ability, i.e. (direct) help; lifting up, erecting
advice = עֵצָה = ʿēṣâ Blue Letter Bible advice; plan; prudence, wisdom; sagacity, consultation
perception = בִּינָה = bînâ Blue Letter Bible discernment; knowledge; insight; wisdom; intelligence; insight; skill
strength = גְּבוּרָה = gᵊḇûrâ Blue Letter Bible strength, might; valor, bravery; mighty deeds; force, mastery; power; fortitude; military virtue
rule = מָלַךְ = mālaḵ Blue Letter Bible to be or become king or queen; to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; to be king; to counsel, advise
right = צֶדֶק = tsedeq Blue Letter Bible rightness, righteousness; what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures); righteousness, justice (in case or cause); righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity; rectitude; what ought to be
love = אָהַב = 'ahab Blue Letter Bible human love for another, includes family, and sexual; act of being a friend; have affection for (sexually or otherwise); desire, breathe after; delight; be verdant, germinate
love = אָהַב = 'ahab Blue Letter Bible human love for another, includes family, and sexual; act of being a friend; have affection for (sexually or otherwise); desire, breathe after; delight; be verdant, germinate
searches diligently = שָׁחַר = šāḥar Blue Letter Bible to seek; seek early or earnestly; look diligently for; be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); painstaking; turn oneself to
find =מָצָא = matsa' Blue Letter Bible attain to, secure, acquire, get (thing sought); to find (what is lost); to learn, devise; to be discovered, be detected; to be gained, be secured; attain, i.e. find or acquire; find out by thinking; to wish to find, seek
riches = עֹשֶׁר = ʿōšer Blue Letter Bible wealth, riches
honor = כָּבוֹד = kāḇôḏ Blue Letter Bible glory, honour, glorious, abundance; weight, but only figuratively in a good sense; heaviness; splendor or copiousness; dignity of position; reputation, of character; majesty
lasting = עָתֵק = ʿāṯēq Blue Letter Bible handed forward; advanced; enduring, durable; valuable; eminent; surpassing; antique, i.e. valued; shining, handsome
wealth = הוֹן = hôn Blue Letter Bible wealth, riches; high value; substance; lightness, easiness; ability to do anything
justice = צְדָקָה = ṣᵊḏāqâ Blue Letter Bible righteousness; righteousness (as vindicated); righteousness (in government); justification, salvation; truthfulness; ethically right; rectitude; virtue; ethically right; things done justly; rightness, moderation
fruit = פְּרִי = pᵊrî Blue Letter Bible fruit, fruit of the ground, of produce in general; the result of labor or endeavor; offspring, children, progeny
better = טוֹב = ṭôḇ Blue Letter Bible good, pleasant, agreeable; excellent; rich, valuable in estimation; appropriate, becoming; happy, prosperous, kind, benign; right (ethical); welfare, prosperity, happiness; good things (collective) good, benefit; moral good; blessing of good things
walk = הָלַךְ = halak Blue Letter Bible to go; proceed, move; enter; follow; go along; proceed; go with, have intercourse with; go after; pursue; live, manner of life; go on, go forward; traverse; march; flow, be poured out
path = אֹרַח = 'ōraḥ Blue Letter Bible way, path; road; way of living; a well-trodden road; by-, high-) way; course of living and acting; way of living; mode of living, or of character
uprightness = צְדָקָה = ṣᵊḏāqâ Blue Letter Bible righteousness; righteousness (as vindicated); righteousness (in government); justification, salvation; truthfulness; ethically right; rectitude; virtue; ethically right; things done justly; rightness, moderation
path = נָתִיב = nāṯîḇ Blue Letter Bible trodden with the feet, path, pathway; path, pathway, traveler; foot path, by way; course of life
justice = מִשְׁפָּט = mishpat. Blue Letter Bible judgment, justice, ordinance; act of deciding a case; process, procedure, litigation (before judges); right, rectitude; proper, fitting; that which is just, lawful
friends = אָהַב = 'ahab Blue Letter Bible human love for another, includes family, and sexual; act of being a friend; have affection for (sexually or otherwise); desire, breathe after; delight; be verdant, germinate
wealth = יֵשׁ = yēš Blue Letter Bible being; existence; substance; to stand out, or exist
fill = מָלָא = mālā' Blue Letter Bible fulness, abundance; to be full; make full; fill a place; mutually fill; satisfied
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We Receive Great Blessings If We Seriously Study God’s Ways and Put Them Into Practice
We Must Make Real Effort/Sacrifice to receive all that God offers, But It Is Well Worth It
We Should Strive to Live in God’s Presence
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