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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,
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,
So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;
And apply your heart to understanding;
turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding —
and applying your heart to understanding —
Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
indeed, if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,
and cry aloud for understanding,
If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
And search for her 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 uprightly;
He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
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,
He guards the paths of justice,
And preserves the way of His saints.
And preserves 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,
Equity and every good path.
Equity and every good path.
Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair — every good path.
and fair — every good path.
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 be pleasant to your soul.
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
Discretion will preserve you;
Understanding will keep you,
Understanding will keep you,
Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.
and understanding will guard you.
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 the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
from men whose words are perverse,
From those who leave 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 perversity of the wicked;
And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
Whose ways are crooked,
And who are devious in their paths;
And who are devious in their paths;
whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways.
and who are devious in their ways.
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 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 return
or attain the paths of life.
or attain 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.
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 dwell in the land,
And the blameless will remain in it;
And the blameless 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;