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Proverbs 2

The Pursuit of Wisdom Brings Security

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My son, if you will  areceive my words And  btreasure my commandments within you,

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 aMake your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;

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For if you cry for discernment,  1Lift your voice for understanding;

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If you seek her as  asilver And search for her as for  bhidden treasures;

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Then you will discern the  afear of the LORD And discover the knowledge of God.

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For  athe LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a  ashield to those who walk in integrity,

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Guarding the paths of justice, And He  apreserves the way of His godly ones.

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Then you will discern  arighteousness and justice And equity and every  bgood course.

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For  awisdom will enter your heart And  bknowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

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Discretion will  aguard you, Understanding will watch over you,

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To  adeliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks  bperverse things;

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From those who  aleave the paths of uprightness To walk in the  bways of darkness;

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Who  adelight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;

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Whose paths are  acrooked, And who are devious in their ways;

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To  adeliver you from the strange woman, From the  1 badulteress who flatters with her words;

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That leaves the  acompanion of her youth And forgets the  bcovenant of her God;

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For  aher house  1sinks down to death And her tracks lead to the  2dead;

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None  awho go to her return again, Nor do they reach the  bpaths of life.

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So you will  awalk in the way of good men And keep to the  bpaths of the righteous.

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For  athe upright will  1live in the land And  bthe blameless will remain in it;

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But  athe wicked will be cut off from the land And  bthe treacherous will be  cuprooted from it.



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