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