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The Pursuit of Wisdom Brings Security

¹ My son, if you will ^(C1)receive my words
And ^(C2)treasure my commandments within you,

^2 (C1)Make your ear attentive to wisdom;
Incline your heart to understanding.

³ For if you cry out for insight,
And ^(F1)raise your voice for understanding;

⁴ If you seek her as ^(C1)silver
And search for her as for ^(C2)hidden treasures;

⁵ Then you will understand the ^(C1)fear of the LORD,
And discover the knowledge of God.

⁶ For ^(C1)the LORD gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

⁷ He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a ^(C1)shield to those who walk in integrity,

⁸ Guarding the paths of justice,
And He ^(C1)watches over the way of His godly ones.

⁹ Then you will discern ^(C1)righteousness, justice,
And integrity, and every ^(C2)good path.

¹⁰ For ^(C1)wisdom will enter your heart,
And ^(C2)knowledge will be delightful to your soul;

¹¹ Discretion will ^(C1)watch over you,
Understanding will guard you,

¹² To ^(C1)rescue you from the way of evil,
From a person who speaks ^(C2)perverse things;

¹³ From those who ^(C1)leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ^(C2)ways of darkness;

¹⁴ Who ^(C1)delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;

¹⁵ Whose paths are ^(C1)crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;

¹⁶ To ^(C1)rescue you from the strange woman,
From the ^(C2)foreign woman who flatters with her words,

¹⁷ Who leaves the ^(C1)companion of her youth
And forgets the ^(C2)covenant of her God;

¹⁸ For ^(C1)her house sinks down to death,
And her tracks lead to the ^(F1)dead;

¹⁹ None ^(C1)who go to her return,
Nor do they reach the ^(C2)paths of life.

²⁰ So you will ^(C1)walk in the way of good people
And keep to the ^(C2)paths of the righteous.

²¹ For ^(C1)the upright will live in the land,
And ^(C2)the blameless will remain in it;

²² But ^(C1)the wicked will be eliminated from the land,
And ^(C2)the treacherous will be ^(C3)torn away from it.