“Whatever you get, get wisdom foremost”.
who can show me wisdom, when even the richest man on earth cannot save himself from the inevitable malfunction of his own body parts in old age, and death?
I looked up a old text, which warned of the dangers of heedlessness, and the reckless pursuit of distractions, in an unguarded moment of lack- of-wisdom.
It is at:
https://ancient-buddhist-texts.net/English-Texts/Jatakas/526-Nalinikas-Story.htm
Or:
Only wisdom can enable me to discern faithful friend from flattering foe. As the old saying goes: “Not all that glitters is gold.”
According to the Bible, my sister Wisdom has her source in God, the Creator of all universes. (C.f. Book of Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes ).