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2:1  My child, believe what I say. And remember what I command you.
2:2  Listen to wisdom. Try with all your heart to gain understanding.
2:3  Cry out for wisdom. Beg for understanding.
2:4  Search for it as you would for silver. Hunt for it like hidden treasure.
2:5  Then you will understand what it means to respect the Lord. Then you will begin to know God.
2:6  Only the Lord gives wisdom. Knowledge and understanding come from him.
2:7  He stores up wisdom for those who are honest. Like a shield he protects those who are innocent.
2:8  He guards those who are fair to others. He protects those who are loyal to him.
2:9  Then you will understand what is honest and fair and right. You will understand what is good to do.
2:10  You will have wisdom in your heart. And knowledge will be pleasing to you.
2:11  Good sense will protect you. Understanding will guard you.
2:12  It will keep you from doing evil. It will save you from people whose words are bad.
2:13  Such people do not do what is right. They do what is evil.
2:14  They enjoy doing wrong. They are happy to do what is crooked and evil.
2:15  What they do is wrong. Their ways are dishonest.
2:16  It will save you from the unfaithful wife who tries to lead you into adultery with pleasing words.
2:17  Such women leave the husbands they married when they were young. They forget the promise they made before God.
2:18  If you go to her house, you are on your way to death. What she does leads to death.
2:19  No one who goes to her comes back. He will not continue to live.
2:20  But wisdom will help you be a good person. It will help you do what is right.
2:21  Those who are honest will stay in the land. Those who are innocent will remain in it.
2:22  But evil people will be removed from the land. The unfaithful will be thrown out of it.