Proverbs:2

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* My son , if you receive my words , And treasure my commands within you , * So that you incline your ear to wisdom , And apply your heart to understanding ; * Yes , if you cry out for discernment , And lift up your voice for understanding , * If you seek her as silver , And search for her as for hidden treasures ; * Then you will understand the fear of the LORD , And find the knowledge of God . * For the LORD gives wisdom ; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding ; * He stores up sound wisdom for the upright ; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly ; * He guards the paths of justice , And preserves the way of His saints . * Then you will understand righteousness and justice , Equity and every good path . * When wisdom enters your heart , And knowledge is pleasant to your soul , * Discretion will preserve you ; Understanding will keep you , * To deliver you from the way of evil , From the man who speaks perverse things , * From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness ; * Who rejoice in doing evil , And delight in the perversity of the wicked ; * Whose ways are crooked , And who are devious in their paths ; * To deliver you from the immoral woman , From the seductress who flatters with her words , * Who forsakes the companion of her youth , And forgets the covenant of her God . * For her house leads down to death , And her paths to the dead ; * None who go to her return , Nor do they regain the paths of life -- * So you may walk in the way of goodness , And keep to the paths of righteousness . * For the upright will dwell in the land , And the blameless will remain in it ; * But the wicked will be cut off from the earth , And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it .

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