Bible Reading Plan

¹ My son, if you accept my words^(a)
and store up my commands within you,
² listening closely^[a] to wisdom
and directing your heart to understanding;
³ furthermore, if you call out to insight
and lift your voice to understanding,
⁴ if you seek it like silver
and search for it like hidden treasure,^(b)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and discover the knowledge of God.
⁶ For the Lord gives wisdom;
from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.^(c)
7 He stores up success^[b] for the upright;
He is a shield for those who live with integrity^(d)
8 so that He may guard the paths of justice
and protect the way of His loyal followers.^(e)
9 Then you will understand righteousness, justice,
and integrity—every good path.
¹⁰ For wisdom will enter your mind,
and knowledge will delight your heart.
¹¹ Discretion will watch over you,
and understanding will guard you,^(f)
12 rescuing you from the way of evil—
from the one who says perverse things,
¹³ from those who abandon the right paths
to walk in ways of darkness,^(g)
14 from those who enjoy doing evil^(h)
and celebrate perversion,
¹⁵ whose paths are crooked,⁽ⁱ⁾
and whose ways are devious.^(j)
16 It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,^(k)
from a stranger^[c] with her flattering talk,^(l)
17 who abandons the companion of her youth^(m)
and forgets the covenant of her God;
¹⁸ for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.^(n)
19 None return who go to her;
none reach the paths of life.^(o)
20 So follow the way of good people,^(p)
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
²¹ For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those of integrity will remain in it;^(q)
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land,^(r)
and the treacherous uprooted from it.^(s)