Proverbs 2 — parallel

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My son, if you will receive my words,

My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

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so as to turn your ear to wisdom,

if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

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yes, if you call out for discernment,

if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

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if you seek her as silver,

if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

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then you will understand the fear of the LORD,

then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

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For the LORD gives wisdom.

For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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He lays up sound wisdom for the upright.

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

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that he may guard the paths of justice,

to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.

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Then you will understand righteousness and justice,

Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.

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For wisdom will enter into your heart.

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.

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Discretion will watch over you.

Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

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to deliver you from the way of evil,

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,

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who forsake the paths of uprightness,

from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,

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who rejoice to do evil,

from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

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who are crooked in their ways,

whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.

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to deliver you from the strange woman,

It will rescue you from the forbidden , with seductive words

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who forsakes the friend of her youth,

who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

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for her house leads down to death,

For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to .

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None who go to her return again,

None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

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Therefore walk in the way of good men,

So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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For the upright will dwell in the land.

For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

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But the wicked will be cut off from the land.

but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.