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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,
Tune your ears to wisdom,
and concentrate on understanding.
and concentrate on understanding.
Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
Incline your heart to understanding;
Cry out for insight,
and ask for understanding.
and ask for understanding.
For if you cry for discernment,
Lift your voice for understanding;
Lift your voice for understanding;
Search for them as you would for silver;
seek them like hidden treasures.
seek them like hidden treasures.
If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
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.
Then you will discern the fear of the LORD
And discover the knowledge of God.
And discover the knowledge of God.
For the LORD grants 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 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 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 guards the paths of the just
and protects those who are faithful to him.
and protects those who are faithful to him.
Guarding the paths of justice,
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
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.
Then you will discern righteousness and justice
And equity and every good course.
And equity and every good course.
For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will fill you with joy.
and knowledge will fill you with joy.
For wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
Wise choices will watch over you.
Understanding will keep you safe.
Understanding will keep you safe.
Discretion will guard you,
Understanding will watch over you,
Understanding will watch over you,
Wisdom will save you from evil people,
from those whose words are twisted.
from those whose words are twisted.
To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things;
From the man who speaks perverse things;
These men turn from the right way
to walk down dark paths.
to walk down dark paths.
From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;
To walk in the ways of darkness;
They take pleasure in doing wrong,
and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.
and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.
Who delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
Their actions are crooked,
and their ways are wrong.
and their ways are wrong.
Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
And who are devious in their ways;
Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman,
from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
To deliver you from the strange woman,
From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
She has abandoned her husband
and ignores the covenant she made before God.
and ignores the covenant she made before God.
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;
The man who visits her is doomed.
He will never reach the paths of life.
He will never reach the paths of life.
None who go to her return again,
Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Nor do they reach the paths of life.
So follow the steps of the good,
and stay on the paths of the righteous.
and stay on the paths of the righteous.
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.
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.
For the upright will live in the land
And the blameless will remain in it;
And the blameless will remain in it;