Benefits of Seeking Wisdom150
2:1 My child,1 if2 you receive my words,
and store up3 my commands within you,
2:2 by making4 your ear5 attentive to wisdom,
and6 by turning7 your heart8 to understanding,
2:3 indeed, if9 you call out for10 discernment11—
raise your voice12 for understanding—
2:4 if13 you seek14 it like silver,15
and search for it16 like hidden treasure,
2:5 then you will understand17 how to fear the Lord,18
and you will discover19 knowledge20 about God.21
2:6 For22 the Lord gives23 wisdom,
and from his mouth24 comes25 knowledge and understanding.
2:7 He stores up26 effective counsel27 for the upright,28
and is like29 a shield30 for those who live31 with integrity,32
2:8 to guard33 the paths of the righteous34
and to protect35 the way of his pious ones.36
2:9 Then you will understand37 righteousness and justice
and equity—every38 good39 way.40
2:10 For wisdom will enter your heart,41
and moral knowledge42 will be attractive43 to you.44
2:11 Discretion45 will protect you,46
understanding will guard you,
2:12 to deliver47 you from the way of the wicked,48
from those49 speaking perversity,50
2:13 who leave51 the upright52 paths
to walk on the dark53 ways,
2:14 who delight54 in doing55 evil,56
they rejoice in perverse evil;57
2:15 whose paths58 are morally crooked,59
and who are devious60 in their ways;
2:16 to deliver you61 from the adulteress,62
from the sexually loose woman63 who speaks flattering64 words;65
2:17 who leaves66 the husband67 from her younger days,68
and forgets her marriage covenant69 made before God.70
2:18 For her house71 sinks72 down to death,
and her paths lead73 to the place of the departed spirits.74
2:19 None who go in to her will return,75
nor will they reach the paths of life.76
2:20 So77 you will walk in the way of good people,78
and will keep on the paths of the righteous.79
2:21 For the upright will reside in the land,
and those with integrity80 will remain in it,
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