discretion will preserve you, understanding will keep you,
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for You.
to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion,
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but wisdom is profitable to succeed.
See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise men,