Proverbs
Chapter 2
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1 My son,1121 if518 you will receive3947 my words,561 and hide6845 my commandments4687 with you;
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2 So that you incline7181 your ear241 to wisdom,2451 and apply5186 your heart3820 to understanding;8394
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3 Yes,3588 if518 you cry7121 after knowledge,998 and lift5414 up your voice6963 for understanding;8394
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4 If518 you seek1245 her as silver,3701 and search2664 for her as for hid4301 treasures;4301
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5 Then227 shall you understand995 the fear3374 of the LORD,3068 and find4672 the knowledge1847 of God.430
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6 For the LORD3068 gives5414 wisdom:2451 out of his mouth6310 comes knowledge1847 and understanding.8394
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7 He lays6845 up sound8454 wisdom8454 for the righteous:3477 he is a buckler4043 to them that walk1980 uprightly.8537
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8 He keeps5341 the paths734 of judgment,4941 and preserves8104 the way1870 of his saints.2623
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9 Then227 shall you understand995 righteousness,6664 and judgment,4941 and equity;4339 yes, every3605 good2896 path.4570
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10 When3588 wisdom2451 enters935 into your heart,3820 and knowledge1847 is pleasant5276 to your soul;5315
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11 Discretion4209 shall preserve8104 you, understanding8394 shall keep5341 you:
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12 To deliver5337 you from the way1870 of the evil7451 man,376 from the man that speaks1696 fraudulent8419 things;
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13 Who leave5800 the paths734 of uprightness,3476 to walk3212 in the ways1870 of darkness;2822
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14 Who rejoice8056 to do6213 evil,7451 and delight1523 in the frowardness8419 of the wicked;7451
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15 Whose834 ways734 are crooked,6141 and they fraudulent3868 in their paths:4570
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16 To deliver5337 you from the strange2114 woman,802 even from the stranger5237 which flatters2505 with her words;561
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17 Which forsakes5800 the guide441 of her youth,5271 and forgets7913 the covenant1285 of her God.430
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18 For her house1004 inclines7743 to death,4194 and her paths4570 to the dead.7496
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19 None3808 that go935 to her return7725 again,7725 neither take5381 they hold5381 of the paths734 of life.2416
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20 That you may walk3212 in the way1870 of good2896 men, and keep8104 the paths734 of the righteous.6662
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21 For the upright3477 shall dwell7931 in the land,776 and the perfect8549 shall remain3498 in it.
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22 But the wicked7563 shall be cut3772 off from the earth,776 and the transgressors898 shall be rooted5255 out of it.
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