The Reward of Seeking Wisdom |
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My son, if thou wilt receive my words,
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and hide my commandments with thee; |
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so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom,
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and apply thine heart to understanding; |
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yea, if thou criest after knowledge,
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and liftest up thy voice for understanding; |
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if thou seekest her as silver,
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and searchest for her as for hid treasures; |
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then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD,
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and find the knowledge of God. |
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For the LORD giveth wisdom:
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out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. |
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He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous:
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he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. |
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He keepeth the paths of judgment,
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and preserveth the way of his saints. |
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Then shalt thou understand righteousness,
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and judgment, and equity; |
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yea, every good path. |
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When wisdom entereth into thine heart,
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and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; |
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discretion shall preserve thee,
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understanding shall keep thee: |
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to deliver thee from the way of the evil man,
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from the man that speaketh froward things; |
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who leave the paths of uprightness,
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to walk in the ways of darkness; |
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who rejoice to do evil,
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and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; |
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whose ways are crooked,
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and they froward in their paths: |
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to deliver thee from the strange woman,
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even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; |
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which forsaketh the guide of her youth,
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and forgetteth the covenant of her God. |
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For her house inclineth unto death,
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and her paths unto the dead. |
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None that go unto her return again,
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neither take they hold of the paths of life. |
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That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,
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and keep the paths of the righteous. |
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For the upright shall dwell in the land,
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and the perfect shall remain in it. |
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But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth,
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and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. |
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