45 lines
1.7 KiB
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45 lines
1.7 KiB
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# Chapter 2
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1 My son, if you receive my words,
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And treasure my commands within you,
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2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
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And apply your heart to understanding;
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3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
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And lift up your voice for understanding,
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4 If you seek her as silver,
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And search for her as for hidden treasures;
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5 Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
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And find the knowledge of God.
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6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
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From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
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7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
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He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
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8 He guards the paths of justice,
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And preserves the way of His saints.
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9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice,
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Equity and every good path.
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10 When wisdom enters your heart,
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And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
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11 Discretion will preserve you;
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Understanding will keep you,
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12 To deliver you from the way of evil,
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From the man who speaks perverse things,
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13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness
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To walk in the ways of darkness;
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14 Who rejoice in doing evil,
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And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
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15 Whose ways are crooked,
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And who are devious in their paths;
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16 To deliver you from the immoral woman,
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From the seductress who flatters with her words,
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17 Who forsakes the companion of her youth,
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And forgets the covenant of her God.
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18 For her house leads down to death,
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And her paths to the dead;
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19 None who go to her return,
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Nor do they regain the paths of life—
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20 So you may walk in the way of goodness,
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And keep to the paths of righteousness.
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21 For the upright will dwell in the land,
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And the blameless will remain in it;
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22 But the wicked will be cut off from the earth,
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And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it. |