Chapter 2 The Lord gives wisdom, knowledge, and understanding—Walk in the way of good men. 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and ahide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine aheart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the afear of the Lord, and find the bknowledge of God. 6 For the Lord giveth awisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and bunderstanding. 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a abuckler to them that bwalk uprightly. 8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. 9 Then shalt thou aunderstand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. 10 ¶When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 aDiscretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to awalk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the afrowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the astrange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19 None that go unto her areturn again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. 20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. 21 For the aupright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 22 But the wicked shall be acut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. Chapter 3 Write mercy and truth upon the tablet of your heart—Trust in the Lord—Honor Him with your substance —Whom the Lord loves He corrects— Happy is the man who finds wisdom. 1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and along life, and bpeace, shall they add to thee. 3 Let not mercy and atruth forsake thee: bbind them about thy neck; write them upon the ctable of thine dheart: 4 So shalt thou find afavour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. 5 ¶aTrust in the Lord with all thine bheart; and lean not unto thine cown dunderstanding. 6 In all thy ways aacknowledge him, and he shall bdirect thy cpaths. 7 ¶Be not awise in thine own eyes: bfear the Lord, and depart from evil. 8 It shall be ahealth to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 9 aHonour the Lord with thy bsubstance, and with the cfirstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with aplenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 11 ¶My son, despise not the achastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the Lord loveth he acorrecteth; even as a bfather the son in whom he delighteth. 13 ¶aHappy is the man that findeth bwisdom, and the man that getteth cunderstanding. 14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand ariches and honour. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of alife to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. 19 The Lord by wisdom hath afounded the earth; by bunderstanding hath he established the heavens. 20 By his knowledge the depths are abroken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. 21 ¶My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and agrace to thy neck. 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. 24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. 26 For the Lord shall be thy aconfidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. 27 ¶aWithhold not bgood from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 aDevise not evil against thy bneighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 ¶aStrive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 ¶Envy thou not the aoppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the afroward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous. 33 ¶The acurse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth agrace unto the blowly. 35 The awise shall inherit glory: but bshame shall be the promotion of fools.
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