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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 2:1-22; Proverbs 3:13-24
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34 verses
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Proverbs 2:1
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My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
Proverbs 2:2
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turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding,
Proverbs 2:3
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and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
Proverbs 2:4
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and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
Proverbs 2:5
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then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:6
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For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:7
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He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
Proverbs 2:8
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for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.
Proverbs 2:9
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Then you will understand what is right and just and fair-every good path.
Proverbs 2:10
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For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
Proverbs 2:11
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Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
Proverbs 2:12
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Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
Proverbs 2:13
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who leave the straight paths to walk in dark ways,
Proverbs 2:14
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who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
Proverbs 2:15
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whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.
Proverbs 2:16
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It will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words,
Proverbs 2:17
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who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
Proverbs 2:18
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For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
Proverbs 2:19
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None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.
Proverbs 2:20
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Thus you will walk in the ways of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 2:21
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For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
Proverbs 2:22
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but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.
Proverbs 3:13
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Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding,
Proverbs 3:14
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for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.
Proverbs 3:15
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She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.
Proverbs 3:16
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Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Proverbs 3:17
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Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
Proverbs 3:18
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She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed.
Proverbs 3:19
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By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;
Proverbs 3:20
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by his knowledge the deeps were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew.
Proverbs 3:21
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My son, preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let them out of your sight;
Proverbs 3:22
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they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck.
Proverbs 3:23
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Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble;
Proverbs 3:24
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when you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
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