Proverbs:2

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* My son , if thou wilt receive my words , and (note :)That is , keep them in your heart .(:note ) hide my commandments with thee ; * So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom , [and ] apply (note :)If you give yourself to the true knowledge of God without hypocrisy .(:note ) thine heart to understanding ; * Yea , if thou criest after knowledge , [and ] (note :)Meaning that we must seek the knowledge of God with care and diligence .(:note ) liftest up thy voice for understanding ; * If thou seekest her as silver , and searchest for her as [for ] hid (note :)Showing that no labour must be spared .(:note ) treasures ; * Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD , and find the (note :)This (he says ) is the true wisdom to know and fear God .(:note ) knowledge of God . * For the Lorde giueth wisdome , out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding . * He preserueth the state of the righteous : he is a shielde to them that walke vprightly , * That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement : and he preserueth the way of his Saintes ) * Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes , and iudgement , and equitie , and euery good path . * When wisdome entreth into thine heart , and knowledge deliteth thy soule , * * And deliuer thee from the euill way , and from the man that speaketh froward things , * Who leave the (note :)That is , the word of God , which is the only light , to follow their own fantasies which are darkness .(:note ) paths of uprightness , to walk in the ways of darkness ; * Who rejoice to do evil , [and ] delight (note :)When they see any given to evil as they are .(:note ) in the frowardness of the wicked ; * Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths . * To deliver thee from the strange (note :)Meaning , the wisdom which is the word of God , will preserve us from all vices : naming this vice of whoredom to which man is most prone .(:note ) woman , [even ] from the stranger [which ] flattereth with her words ; * Which forsaketh the (note :)That is , her husband , who is her head and guide to govern her , from whom she ought not to depart , but remain in his subjection .(:note ) guide of her youth , and forgetteth the covenant of her God . * For her (note :)Her acquaintance with her spirits and they that haunt her .(:note ) house inclineth unto death , and her paths unto To them who are dead in body and soul . the dead . * All they that goe vnto her , returne not againe , neither take they holde of the wayes of life . * Therefore walke thou in the way of good men , and keepe the wayes of the righteous . * For the upright shall dwell in the (note :)They will enjoy the temporal and spiritual promises of God , as the wicked will be void of them .(:note ) land , and the perfect shall remain in it . * But the wicked shalbe cut off from ye earth , and the transgressours shalbe rooted out of it .

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