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* Verse 1-9 - Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom , will never complain that they have lost their labour ; and the freeness of the gift does not do away the necessity of our diligence , John strkjv @6:27 . Let them seek , and they shall find it ; let them ask , and it shall be given them . Observe who are thus favoured . They are the righteous , on whom the image of God is renewed , which consists in righteousness . If we depend upon God , and seek to him for wisdom , he will enable us to keep the paths of judgment . * Verse 10-22 - If we are truly wise , we shall be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices . When wisdom has dominion over us , then it not only fills the head , but enters into the heart , and will preserve , both against corruptions within and temptations without . The ways of sin are ways of darkness , uncomfortable and unsafe : what fools are those who leave the plain , pleasant , lightsome paths of uprightness , to walk in such ways ! They take pleasure in sin ; both in committing it , and in seeing others commit it . Every wise man will shun such company . True wisdom will also preserve from those who lead to fleshly lusts , which defile the body , that living temple , and war against the soul . These are evils which excite the sorrow of every serious mind , and cause every reflecting parent to look upon his children with anxiety , lest they should be entangled in such fatal snares . Let the sufferings of others be our warnings . Our Lord Jesus deters from sinful pleasures , by the everlasting torments which follow them . It is very rare that any who are caught in this snare of the devil , recover themselves ; so much is the heart hardened , and the mind blinded , by the deceitfulness of this sin . Many think that this caution , besides the literal sense , is to be understood as a caution against idolatry , and subjecting the soul to the body , by seeking any forbidden object . The righteous must leave the earth as well as the wicked ; but the earth is a very different thing to them . To the wicked it is all the heaven they ever shall have ; to the righteous it is the place of preparation for heaven . And is it all one to us , whether we share with the wicked in the miseries of their latter end , or share those everlasting joys that shall crown believers ? **** Matthew Henry 's Commentary ****

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