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The Benefits of Wisdom
My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,
My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,
Moral Benefits of Wisdom
My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;
turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding —
and applying your heart to understanding —
yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;
indeed, if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,
and cry aloud for understanding,
if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,
and search for it as for hidden treasure,
then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
and find the knowledge of God.
For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [he] is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
He holds success in store for the upright,
he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones.
for he guards the course of the just
and protects the way of his faithful ones.
and protects the way of his faithful ones.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path.
Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair — every good path.
and fair — every good path.
When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,
For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:
Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.
and understanding will guard you.
To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;
Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
from men whose words are perverse,
[from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
who have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,
to walk in dark ways,
who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil;
who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:
whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways.
and who are devious in their ways.
To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;
Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
-- for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;
Surely her house leads down to death
and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:
None who go to her return
or attain the paths of life.
or attain the paths of life.
that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, And keep the paths of the righteous.
Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;
For the upright will live in the land,
and the blameless will remain in it;
and the blameless will remain in it;