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Proverbs 2:1

My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you,

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Proverbs 2:2

Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;

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Proverbs 2:3

For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding;

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Proverbs 2:4

If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;

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Proverbs 2:5

Then you will discern the fear of the Lord And discover the knowledge of God.

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Proverbs 2:6

For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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Proverbs 2:7

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

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Proverbs 2:8

Guarding the paths of justice, And He preserves the way of His godly ones.

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Proverbs 2:9

Then you will discern righteousness and justice And equity and every good course.

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Proverbs 2:10

For wisdom will enter your heart And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

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Proverbs 2:11

Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you,

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Proverbs 2:12

To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things;

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Proverbs 2:13

From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;

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Proverbs 2:14

Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;

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Proverbs 2:15

Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways;

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Proverbs 2:16

To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words;

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Proverbs 2:17

That leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;

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Proverbs 2:18

For her house sinks down to death And her tracks lead to the dead;

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Proverbs 2:19

None who go to her return again, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

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Proverbs 2:20

So you will walk in the way of good men And keep to the paths of the righteous.

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Proverbs 2:21

For the upright will live in the land And the blameless will remain in it;

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Proverbs 2:22

But the wicked will be cut off from the land And the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

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Proverbs 3:1

My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments;

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Proverbs 3:2

For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you.

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Proverbs 3:3

Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.

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Proverbs 3:4

So you will find favor and good repute In the sight of God and man.

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Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.

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Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.

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Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

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Proverbs 3:8

It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones.

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Proverbs 3:9

Honor the Lord from your wealth And from the first of all your produce;

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Proverbs 3:10

So your barns will be filled with plenty And your vats will overflow with new wine.

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Proverbs 3:11

My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord Or loathe His reproof,

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Proverbs 3:12

For whom the Lord loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

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Proverbs 3:13

How blessed is the man who finds wisdom And the man who gains understanding.

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Proverbs 3:14

For her profit is better than the profit of silver And her gain better than fine gold.

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Proverbs 3:15

She is more precious than jewels; And nothing you desire compares with her.

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Proverbs 3:16

Long life is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.

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Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are pleasant ways And all her paths are peace.

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Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who hold her fast.

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Proverbs 3:19

The Lord by wisdom founded the earth, By understanding He established the heavens.

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Proverbs 3:20

By His knowledge the deeps were broken up And the skies drip with dew.

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Proverbs 3:21

My son, let them not vanish from your sight; Keep sound wisdom and discretion,

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Proverbs 3:22

So they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck.

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Proverbs 3:23

Then you will walk in your way securely And your foot will not stumble.

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Proverbs 3:24

When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

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Proverbs 3:25

Do not be afraid of sudden fear Nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes;

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Proverbs 3:26

For the Lord will be your confidence And will keep your foot from being caught.

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Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in your power to do it.

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Proverbs 3:28

Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back, And tomorrow I will give it," When you have it with you.

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Proverbs 3:29

Do not devise harm against your neighbor, While he lives securely beside you.

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Proverbs 3:30

Do not contend with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm.

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Proverbs 3:31

Do not envy a man of violence And do not choose any of his ways.

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Proverbs 3:32

For the devious are an abomination to the Lord ; But He is intimate with the upright.

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Proverbs 3:33

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous.

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Proverbs 3:34

Though He scoffs at the scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the afflicted.

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Proverbs 3:35

The wise will inherit honor, But fools display dishonor.

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