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¹ My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, ² So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding; ³ Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, ⁴ If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures; ⁵ Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding; ⁷ He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly; ⁸ He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints. ⁹ Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.

¹⁰ When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul, ¹¹ Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you, ¹² To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things, ¹³ From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; ¹⁴ Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perversity of the wicked; ¹⁵ Whose ways are crooked, And who are devious in their paths; ¹⁶ To deliver you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words, ¹⁷ Who forsakes the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God. ¹⁸ For her house leads down to death, And her paths to the dead; ¹⁹ None who go to her return, Nor do they regain the paths of life-- ²⁰ So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness. ²¹ For the upright will dwell in the land, And the blameless will remain in it; ²² But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.