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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,
The Benefits of Wisdom
My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,
My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,
turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding —
and applying your heart to understanding —
so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;
indeed, if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,
and cry aloud for understanding,
yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;
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,
if thou seekest her as silver and searchest 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 shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, 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 Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
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,
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [he] is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
for he guards the course of the just
and protects the way of his faithful ones.
and protects the way of his faithful ones.
guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones.
Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair — every good path.
and fair — every good path.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: 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.
When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,
Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.
and understanding will guard you.
discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:
Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
from men whose words are perverse,
To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;
who have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,
to walk in dark ways,
[from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness 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 perverted in their course:
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,
To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;
who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
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.
-- for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;
None who go to her return
or attain the paths of life.
or attain the paths of life.
none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:
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.
that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, And keep 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 shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;