St. James also recommends patience. Every good artist knows that to be true. Evidently St. James did not believe that too many people want wisdom. So let the reader pay good attention to the Scripture, and seek wisdom prayerfully of God. All He asks is that we ask for it - and seek earnestly.
Wisdom is knowledge.
The wise are those who know. But although wisdom is knowledge, not all knowledge is wisdom. Knowledge by itself does not guarantee wisdom. Wisdom is a perfect knowledge. This fact tells us immediately that in knowledge there are degrees of perfection.