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Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
the Fifth Week after Easter
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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 2:1-22; Proverbs 3:13-24
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33 verses • Page 1 of 2
My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you,
Proverbs 2:1
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Make your ear attentive to wisdom; Incline your heart to understanding.
Proverbs 2:2
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding;
Proverbs 2:3
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Proverbs 2:4
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And discover the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:5
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord , and find the knowledge of God.
For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:6
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
Proverbs 2:7
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Guarding the paths of justice, And He watches over the way of His godly ones.
Proverbs 2:8
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
Then you will discern righteousness, justice, And integrity, and every good path.
Proverbs 2:9
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
For wisdom will enter your heart, And knowledge will be delightful to your soul;
Proverbs 2:10
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Discretion will watch over you, Understanding will guard you,
Proverbs 2:11
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
To rescue you from the way of evil, From a person who speaks perverse things;
Proverbs 2:12
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;
Proverbs 2:13
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
Proverbs 2:14
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways;
Proverbs 2:15
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
To rescue you from the strange woman, From the foreign woman who flatters with her words,
Proverbs 2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Who leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;
Proverbs 2:17
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
For her house sinks down to death, And her tracks lead to the dead;
Proverbs 2:18
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
None who go to her return, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Proverbs 2:19
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
So you will walk in the way of good people And keep to the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 2:20
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
For the upright will live in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;
Proverbs 2:21
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
But the wicked will be eliminated from the land, And the treacherous will be torn away from it.
Proverbs 2:22
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Blessed is a person who finds wisdom, And one who obtains understanding.
Proverbs 3:13
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
For her profit is better than the profit of silver, And her produce better than gold.
Proverbs 3:14
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
She is more precious than jewels, And nothing you desire compares with her.
Proverbs 3:15
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Long life is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.
Proverbs 3:16
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Her ways are pleasant ways, And all her paths are peace.
Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are those who hold on to her.
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
The LORD founded the earth by wisdom, He established the heavens by understanding.
Proverbs 3:19
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
By His knowledge the ocean depths were burst open, And the clouds drip with dew.
Proverbs 3:20
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
My son, see that they do not escape from your sight; Comply with sound wisdom and discretion,
Proverbs 3:21
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
And they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck.
Proverbs 3:22
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Then you will walk in your way securely, And your foot will not stumble.
Proverbs 3:23
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
Proverbs 3:24
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
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