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Proverbs 2

The Benefits of Wisdom

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

The Benefits of Wisdom

My child,a listen to what I say,
and treasure my commands.

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

Tune your ears to wisdom,
and concentrate on understanding.

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

Cry out for insight,
and ask for understanding.

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Search for them as you would for silver;
seek them like hidden treasures.

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

Then you will understand what it means to fear the LORD,
and you will gain knowledge of God.

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

For the LORD grants wisdom!
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 grants a treasure of common sense to the honest.
He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

He guards the paths of the just
and protects those who are faithful to him.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair,
and you will find the right way to go.

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will fill you with joy.

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

Wise choices will watch over you.
Understanding will keep you safe.

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

Wisdom will save you from evil people,
from those whose words are twisted.

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

These men turn from the right way
to walk down dark paths.

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

They take pleasure in doing wrong,
and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.

Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

Their actions are crooked,
and their ways are wrong.

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman,
from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

She has abandoned her husband
and ignores the covenant she made before God.

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

Entering her house leads to death;
it is the road to the grave.b

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

The man who visits her is doomed.
He will never reach the paths of life.

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

So follow the steps of the good,
and stay on the paths of the righteous.

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

For only the godly will live in the land,
and those with integrity will remain in it.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

But the wicked will be removed from the land,
and the treacherous will be uprooted.

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