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Proverbs 2
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| 2:1
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; |
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| 2:2
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to
understanding; |
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| 2:3
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for
understanding; |
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If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; |
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Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of
God. |
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| 2:6
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and
understanding. |
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| 2:7
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that
walk uprightly. |
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| 2:8
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. |
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| 2:9
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea,
every good path. |
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| 2:10
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy
soul; |
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| 2:11
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: |
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| 2:12
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh
froward things; |
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Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; |
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Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; |
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| 2:15
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: |
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| 2:16
To deliver thee from
the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her
words; |
(2:16-19) God warns us about the dangers of
"strange women." Strange men are OK though.
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Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her
God. |
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For her house inclineth
unto death, and her paths unto the dead. |
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None that go unto her
return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. |
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That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the
righteous. |
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For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in
it. |
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But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors
shall be rooted out of it.
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