The Holy Bible
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Proverbs 2 : 1 - 22
Chapter 2
1 | My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you,
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2 | So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;
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3 | Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,
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4 | If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;
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5 | Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.
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6 | For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
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7 | He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
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8 | He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints.
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9 | Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.
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10 | When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
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11 | Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you,
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12 | To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things,
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13 | From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;
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14 | Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
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15 | Whose ways are crooked, And who are devious in their paths;
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16 | To deliver you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words,
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17 | Who forsakes the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God.
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18 | For her house leads down to death, And her paths to the dead;
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19 | None who go to her return, Nor do they regain the paths of life--
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20 | So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness.
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21 | For the upright will dwell in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;
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22 | But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.
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