Proverbs 2

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My son, if thou wilt receive my words,

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So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom,

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Yea, if thou cry after discernment,

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If thou seek her as silver,

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Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah,

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For Jehovah giveth wisdom;

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He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright;

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That he may guard the paths of justice,

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Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice,

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For wisdom shall enter into thy heart,

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Discretion shall watch over thee;

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To deliver thee from the way of evil,

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Who forsake the paths of uprightness,

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Who rejoice to do evil,

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Who are crooked in their ways,

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To deliver thee from the strange woman,

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That forsaketh the friend of her youth,

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For her house inclineth unto death,

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None that go unto her return again,

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That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,

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For the upright shall dwell in the land,

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But the wicked shall be cut off from the land,