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The Benefits of Wisdom
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
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,
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
and inclining your heart to understanding;
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
and raise your voice for understanding,
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures,
and search for it as for hidden treasures,
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, 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 the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh 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 righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
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 keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
guarding the paths of justice
and watching over the way of his saints.
and watching over the way of his saints.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
Then you will understand righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path;
and equity, every good path;
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
for wisdom will come into your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
discretion will watch over you,
understanding will guard you,
understanding will guard you,
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
delivering you from the way of evil,
from men of perverted speech,
from men of perverted speech,
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,
to walk in the ways of darkness,
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
who rejoice in doing evil
and delight in the perverseness of evil,
and delight in the perverseness of evil,
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
men 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, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
who forsakes the companion of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God;
and forgets the covenant of her God;
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
none who go to her come back,
nor do they regain the paths of life.
nor do they regain the paths of life.
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
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.
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those with integrity will remain in it,
and those with integrity will remain in it,