| 章 |
| 2:1 |
My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,
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| 2:2 |
so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;
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| 2:3 |
yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;
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| 2:4 |
if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
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| 2:5 |
then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
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| 2:6 |
For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
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| 2:7 |
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [he] is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
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| 2:8 |
guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones.
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| 2:9 |
Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path.
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| 2:10 |
When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,
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| 2:11 |
discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:
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| 2:12 |
To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;
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| 2:13 |
[from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
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| 2:14 |
who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil;
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| 2:15 |
whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:
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| 2:16 |
To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;
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| 2:17 |
who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
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| 2:18 |
-- for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;
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| 2:19 |
none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:
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| 2:20 |
-- that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.
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| 2:21 |
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;
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| 2:22 |
but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it.
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