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The Benefits of Wisdom
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
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,
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
Incline your heart to understanding;
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
For if you cry for discernment,
Lift your voice for understanding;
Lift your voice for understanding;
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the 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 giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
For the LORD gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
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 keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
Guarding the paths of justice,
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
Then you will discern righteousness and justice
And equity and every good course.
And equity and every good course.
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
For wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Discretion will guard you,
Understanding will watch over you,
Understanding will watch over you,
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things;
From the man who speaks perverse things;
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;
To walk in the ways of darkness;
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Who delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
And who are devious in their ways;
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
To deliver you from the strange woman,
From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her 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 inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
For her house sinks down to death
And her tracks lead to the dead;
And her tracks lead to the dead;
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of 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.
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep 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 the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall 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;