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The Value of Wisdom
My son, if you receive my words,
And treasure my commands within you,
My son, if you receive my words,
And treasure my commands within you,
So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;
And apply your heart to understanding;
Tune your ears to wisdom,
and concentrate on understanding.
and concentrate on understanding.
Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
And lift up 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 understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.
And find 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 uprightly;
He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
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.
He guards the paths of justice,
And preserves the way of His saints.
And preserves the way of His saints.
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 understand righteousness and justice,
Equity and every good path.
Equity and every good path.
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.
When wisdom enters your heart,
And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
And knowledge is 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 preserve you;
Understanding will keep you,
Understanding will keep 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 rejoice in doing evil,
And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
They take pleasure in doing wrong,
and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.
and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.
Whose ways are crooked,
And who are devious in their paths;
And who are devious in their paths;
Their actions are crooked,
and their ways are wrong.
and their ways are wrong.
To deliver you from the immoral woman,
From the seductress who flatters with her words,
From the seductress 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.
Who forsakes 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.
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 may walk in the way of goodness,
And keep to the paths of righteousness.
And keep to the paths of righteousness.
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 dwell 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.