5 When nations were frustrated by their own evil plans, Wisdom noticed that Abraham was a good man. So she gave him strength to obey God, though Abraham dearly loved his son Isaac.
6 Wisdom rescued the good man Lot, when the ungodly people of those five cities died in the flames.
7 The evidence of their evil can still be seen—the smoke that keeps rising from the desert, those trees with fruit that never ripens, and the pillar of salt that stands as a witness to Lot's wife, who refused to believe.
8 By rejecting Wisdom, these people became blind to what was right, and so they left a permanent witness to their foolishness.
9 But she protected those who were obedient to her.
10 Wisdom guided that good man Jacob along the right paths when he was running from his angry brother. She showed him your kingdom and helped him understand sacred things. She also made him successful in everything he did.
11 Wisdom even stood by him and made him rich when he was being mistreated by people who were jealous of him.