Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you.
Discretion shall preserve thee, Understanding shall keep thee:
Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you,
Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:
Discretion will guard you; understanding will protect you.
then counsel must guard you, and prudence must serve you,
Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,
for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced, , knowledge and discretion to a young man –
Don’t abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you; love her, and she will guard you.
If the axe is dull, and one does not sharpen its edge, then one must exert more strength; however, the advantage of wisdom is that it brings success.
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk #– #not as unwise people but as wise #– #