Proverbs:2

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* Oh , my son , that thou wouldst receive my words , And treasure up my precepts within thee ; * That thou wouldst apply thine ear to wisdom , And incline thy heart to understanding ! * For if thou wilt call aloud to knowledge , And lift up thy voice to understanding ,–– * If thou wilt seek her as silver , And search for her as for hidden treasures , * Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD , And find the knowledge of God . * For the LORD giveth wisdom ; From his mouth proceed knowledge and understanding : * He layeth up safety for the righteous ; He is a shield to them that walk uprightly : * He guardeth the paths of equity , And defendeth the way of his servants . * Then shalt thou understand righteousness and equity And uprightness , yea , every good path . * When wisdom entereth into thy heart , And knowledge is pleasant to thy soul , * Discretion will guard thee , Understanding will preserve thee . * It will deliver thee from the way of the wicked , From the men who speak perverse things ; * Who forsake the paths of uprightness , To walk in the ways of darkness ; * Who rejoice in doing evil , And delight in the perverseness of the wicked ; * Whose paths are crooked , And who are froward in their ways . * It will deliver thee from the wife of another , From the stranger , who useth smooth words ; * Who forsaketh the friend of her youth , And forgetteth the covenant of her God . * For her house sinketh down to Death , And her paths to the shades of the dead : * None that go to her return again ; They will not attain the paths of life . * Therefore walk thou in the way of good men , And keep the paths of the righteous : * For the upright shall dwell in the land , And the righteous shall remain in it ; * But the wicked shall be cut off from the land , And transgressors shall be rooted out of it .

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