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113 lines
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The Benefits of Wisdom
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# Chapter 2
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1. My child, listen to what I say,
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and treasure my commands.
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2. Tune your ears to wisdom,
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and concentrate on understanding.
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3. Cry out for insight,
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and ask for understanding.
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4. Search for them as you would for silver;
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seek them like hidden treasures.
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5. Then you will understand what it means to fear the LORD,
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and you will gain knowledge of God.
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6. For the LORD grants wisdom!
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From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
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7. He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest.
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He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.
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8. He guards the paths of the just
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and protects those who are faithful to him.
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9. Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair,
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and you will find the right way to go.
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10. For wisdom will enter your heart,
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and knowledge will fill you with joy.
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11. Wise choices will watch over you.
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Understanding will keep you safe.
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12. Wisdom will save you from evil people,
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from those whose words are twisted.
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13. These men turn from the right way
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to walk down dark paths.
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14. They take pleasure in doing wrong,
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and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.
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15. Their actions are crooked,
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and their ways are wrong.
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16. Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman,
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from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
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17. She has abandoned her husband
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and ignores the covenant she made before God.
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18. Entering her house leads to death;
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it is the road to the grave.
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19. The man who visits her is doomed.
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He will never reach the paths of life.
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20. So follow the steps of the good,
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and stay on the paths of the righteous.
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21. For only the godly will live in the land,
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and those with integrity will remain in it.
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22. But the wicked will be removed from the land,
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and the treacherous will be uprooted.
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