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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,
Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
Incline your heart to understanding;
Tune your ears to wisdom,
and concentrate on understanding.
and concentrate on understanding.
For if you cry for discernment,
Lift your voice for understanding;
Lift your voice for understanding;
Cry out for insight,
and ask for understanding.
and ask for understanding.
If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Search for them as you would for silver;
seek them like hidden treasures.
seek them like hidden treasures.
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 what it means to fear the LORD,
and you will gain knowledge of God.
and you will gain 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 grants 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 grants a treasure of common sense to the honest.
He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.
He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.
Guarding the paths of justice,
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
He guards the paths of the just
and protects those who are faithful to him.
and protects those who are faithful to him.
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, just, and fair,
and you will find the right way to go.
and you will find the right way to go.
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 fill you with joy.
and knowledge will fill you with joy.
Discretion will guard you,
Understanding will watch over you,
Understanding will watch over you,
Wise choices will watch over you.
Understanding will keep you safe.
Understanding will keep you safe.
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 evil people,
from those whose words are twisted.
from those whose words are twisted.
From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;
To walk in the ways of darkness;
These men turn from the right way
to walk down dark paths.
to walk down dark paths.
Who delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
They take pleasure in doing wrong,
and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.
and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.
Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
And who are devious in their ways;
Their actions are crooked,
and their ways are wrong.
and their ways are wrong.
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 from the immoral woman,
from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
That leaves the companion of her youth
And forgets the covenant of her God;
And forgets the covenant of her God;
She has abandoned her husband
and ignores the covenant she made before God.
and ignores the covenant she made before 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 return again,
Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Nor do they reach the paths of life.
The man who visits her is doomed.
He will never reach the paths of life.
He will never reach 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.
So follow the steps of the good,
and stay on the paths of the righteous.
and stay on 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 only the godly will live in the land,
and those with integrity will remain in it.
and those with integrity will remain in it.