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# Proverbs 2 (New King James Version)
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The Value of Wisdom
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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.
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