KJV ¹⁶ How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

VULC ¹⁶ [Posside sapientiam, quia auro melior est,
et acquire prudentiam, quia pretiosior est argento.

KJV ¹⁷ The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

VULC ¹⁷ Semita justorum declinat mala ;
custos animæ suæ servat viam suam.

KJV ¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

VULC ¹⁸ Contritionem præcedit superbia,
et ante ruinam exaltatur spiritus.

KJV ¹⁹ Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

VULC ¹⁹ Melius est humiliari cum mitibus
quam dividere spolia cum superbis.

KJV ²⁰ He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

VULC ²⁰ Eruditus in verbo reperiet bona,
et qui sperat in Domino beatus est.

KJV ²¹ The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

VULC ²¹ Qui sapiens est corde appellabitur prudens,
et qui dulcis eloquio majora percipiet.

KJV ²² Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

VULC ²² Fons vitæ eruditio possidentis ;
doctrina stultorum fatuitas.]