1 Mi sone, if thou resseyuest my wordis, and hidist myn heestis anentis thee;2 that thin eere here wisdom, bowe thin herte to knowe prudence.3 For if thou inwardli clepist wisdom, and bowist thin herte to prudence;4 if thou sekist it as money, and diggist it out as tresours;5 thanne thou schalt vndirstonde the drede of the Lord, and schalt fynde the kunnyng of God.6 For the Lord yyueth wisdom; and prudence and kunnyng is of his mouth.