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1 ) My son, if you will receive my words, and hide my commandments with you,
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2 ) So that you incline yours ear unto wisdom, and apply yours heart to understanding,
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3 ) Yea, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding,
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4 ) If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures,
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5 ) Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
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6 ) For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
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7 ) He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
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8 ) He keeps the paths of judgment, and perserves the way of his saints.
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9 ) Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity, yea, every good path.
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10 ) When wisdom enters into yours heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto your soul,
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11 ) Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:
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12 ) To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks perverse things,