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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,
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,
Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
Incline your heart to understanding;
turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding —
and applying your heart to understanding —
For if you cry for discernment,
Lift your voice for understanding;
Lift your voice for understanding;
indeed, if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,
and cry aloud for understanding,
If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
And search 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 you will discern the fear of the LORD
And discover the knowledge of God.
And discover 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 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 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 justice,
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
And He preserves 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 you will discern righteousness and justice
And equity and every good course.
And equity and every good course.
Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair — every good path.
and fair — every good path.
For wisdom will enter 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 guard you,
Understanding will watch over you,
Understanding will watch over you,
Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.
and understanding will guard you.
To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things;
From the man who speaks perverse 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;
To walk in the ways of darkness;
who have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,
to walk in dark ways,
Who delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
And rejoice in the perversity 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 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;
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,
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;
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 who go to her return again,
Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Nor do they reach the paths of life.
None who go to her return
or attain the paths of life.
or attain the paths of life.
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.
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 will live in the land
And the blameless will remain in it;
And the blameless 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;