Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man:
Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.
Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;