“1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments
with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply
thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge,
[and] liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as
silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou
understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 6 For
the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and
understanding. 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a
buckler to them that walk uprightly. 8 He keepeth the paths of judgment,
and preserveth the way of his saints. 9 Then shalt thou understand
righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.”
“10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant
unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall
keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the
man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness,
to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and]
delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways [are] crooked,
and [they] froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the strange
woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words; 17
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of
her God. 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the
dead. 19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of
the paths of life. 20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men],
and keep the paths of the righteous. 21 For the upright shall dwell in
the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 22 But the wicked shall be
cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of
it.” (Proverbs 2:1-22 AV)
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