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2:1  My son, accept my words. Store up my commands inside you.
2:2  Let your ears listen to wisdom. Apply your heart to understanding.
2:3  Call out for the ability to be wise. Cry out for understanding.
2:4  Look for it as you would look for silver. Search for it as you would search for hidden treasure.
2:5  Then you will understand how to have respect for the Lord. You will find out how to know God.
2:6  The Lord gives wisdom. Knowledge and understanding come from his mouth.
2:7  He stores up success for honest people. He is like a shield to those who live without blame.
2:8  He guards the path of those who are honest. He watches over the way of his faithful ones.
2:9  You will understand what is right and honest and fair. You will understand the right way to live.
2:10  Your heart will become wise. Your mind will delight in knowledge.
2:11  Good sense will keep you safe. Understanding will guard you.
2:12  Wisdom will save you from the ways of evil men. It will save you from men who twist their words.
2:13  Men like that have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways.
2:14  They take delight in doing what is wrong. They take joy in twisting everything around.
2:15  Their paths are crooked. Their ways are not straight.
2:16  Wisdom will save you from a woman who commits adultery. It will save you from a sinful woman and her tempting words.
2:17  She has left the man she married when she was young. She has broken the promise she made in front of God.
2:18  Surely her house leads down to death. Her paths lead to the spirits of the dead.
2:19  No one who goes to her comes back or reaches the paths of life.
2:20  You will walk in the ways of good people. You will follow the paths of those who do right.
2:21  Honest people will live in the land. Those who are without blame will remain in it.
2:22  But sinners will be cut off from the land. Those who aren’t faithful will be torn away from it.