Proverbs 2
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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.
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