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The Value of Wisdom
My son, if you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you,
My son, if you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you,
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,
making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
and inclining your heart to understanding;
turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding —
and applying your heart to understanding —
yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
and raise your voice for understanding,
indeed, if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,
and cry aloud for understanding,
if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures,
and search for it as for hidden treasures,
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,
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 the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
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 the Lord gives 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 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,
guarding the paths of justice
and watching over the way of his saints.
and watching over the way of his saints.
for he guards the course of the just
and protects the way of his faithful ones.
and protects the way of his faithful ones.
Then you will understand righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path;
and equity, every good path;
Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair — every good path.
and fair — every good path.
for wisdom will come into 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 be pleasant to your soul.
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
discretion will watch over you,
understanding will guard you,
understanding will guard you,
Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.
and understanding will guard you.
delivering you from the way of evil,
from men of perverted speech,
from men of perverted speech,
Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
from men whose words are perverse,
who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,
to walk in the ways of darkness,
who have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,
to walk in dark ways,
who rejoice in doing evil
and delight in the perverseness of evil,
and delight in the perverseness of evil,
who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
men 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 devious in their ways.
and who are devious in their ways.
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,
who forsakes the companion of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God;
and forgets 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.
none who go to her come back,
nor do they regain the paths of life.
nor do they regain the paths of life.
None who go to her return
or attain the paths of life.
or attain the paths of life.
So you will walk in the way of the good
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
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.
For the upright will inhabit 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;