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The father urges his son to receive and search for wisdom; the LORD gives wisdom, which guards from crooked men and the strange woman and keeps the learner in the good way.
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Proverbs 2
The father urges his son to receive and search for wisdom; the LORD gives wisdom, which guards from crooked men and the strange woman and keeps the learner in the good way.
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1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide…2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply…3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy…4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her…5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and…6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh…7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is…8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way…9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea,…10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant…11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man,…13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the…14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness…15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the…17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the…18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto…19None that go unto her return again, neither take they…20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,…21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the…22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth,…