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The Value of Wisdom
My son, if you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you,
My son, if you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you,
The Pursuit of Wisdom Brings Security
My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,
My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,
making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
and inclining your heart to understanding;
Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
Incline your heart to understanding;
yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
and raise your voice for understanding,
For if you cry for discernment,
Lift your voice for understanding;
Lift your voice for understanding;
if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures,
and search for it as for hidden treasures,
If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
and find the knowledge of God.
Then you will discern the fear of the LORD
And discover the knowledge of God.
And discover the knowledge of God.
For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
from 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 stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
guarding the paths of justice
and watching over the way of his saints.
and watching over the way of his saints.
Guarding the paths of justice,
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
Then you will understand righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path;
and equity, every good path;
Then you will discern righteousness and justice
And equity and every good course.
And equity and every good course.
for wisdom will come into your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
For wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
discretion will watch over you,
understanding will guard you,
understanding will guard you,
Discretion will guard you,
Understanding will watch over you,
Understanding will watch over you,
delivering you from the way of evil,
from men of perverted speech,
from men of perverted speech,
To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things;
From the man who speaks perverse things;
who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,
to walk in the ways of darkness,
From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;
To walk in the ways of darkness;
who rejoice in doing evil
and delight in the perverseness of evil,
and delight in the perverseness of evil,
Who delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
men whose paths are crooked,
and who are devious in their ways.
and who are devious in their ways.
Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
And who are devious in their ways;
To deliver you from the strange woman,
From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
who forsakes the companion of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God;
and forgets the covenant of her God;
That leaves the companion of her youth
And forgets the covenant of her God;
And forgets the covenant of her God;
For her house sinks down to death
And her tracks lead to the dead;
And her tracks lead to the dead;
none who go to her come back,
nor do they regain the paths of life.
nor do they regain the paths of life.
None who go to her return again,
Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Nor do they reach the paths of life.
So you will walk in the way of the good
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
So you will walk in the way of good men
And keep to the paths of the righteous.
And keep to the paths of the righteous.
For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those with integrity will remain in it,
and those with integrity will 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;