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1. My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,
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1. My son H1121 , if H518 thou wilt receive H3947 my words H561 , and hide H6845 my commandments H4687 with H854 thee;
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2. by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,
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2. So that thou incline H7181 thine ear H241 unto wisdom H2451 , and apply H5186 thine heart H3820 to understanding H8394 ;
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3. indeed, if you call out for discernment� raise your voice for understanding�
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3. Yea H3588 , if H518 thou criest H7121 after knowledge H998 , and liftest up H5414 thy voice H6963 for understanding H8394 ;
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4. if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,
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4. If H518 thou seekest H1245 her as silver H3701 , and searchest H2664 for her as for hid treasures H4301 ;
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5. then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God.
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5. Then H227 shalt thou understand H995 the fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 , and find H4672 the knowledge H1847 of God H430 .
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6. For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
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6. For H3588 the LORD H3068 giveth H5414 wisdom H2451 : out of his mouth H4480 H6310 cometh knowledge H1847 and understanding H8394 .
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7. He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,
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7. He layeth up H6845 sound wisdom H8454 for the righteous H3477 : he is a buckler H4043 to them that walk H1980 uprightly H8537 .
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8. to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones.
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8. He keepeth H5341 the paths H734 of judgment H4941 , and preserveth H8104 the way H1870 of his saints H2623 .
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9. Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity� every good way.
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9. Then H227 shalt thou understand H995 righteousness H6664 , and judgment H4941 , and equity H4339 ; yea , every H3605 good H2896 path H4570 .
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10. For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.
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10. When H3588 wisdom H2451 entereth H935 into thine heart H3820 , and knowledge H1847 is pleasant H5276 unto thy soul H5315 ;
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11. Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,
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11. Discretion H4209 shall preserve H8104 H5921 thee, understanding H8394 shall keep H5341 thee:
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12. to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,
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12. To deliver H5337 thee from the way H4480 H1870 of the evil H7451 man , from the man H4480 H376 that speaketh H1696 froward things H8419 ;
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13. who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,
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13. Who leave H5800 the paths H734 of uprightness H3476 , to walk H1980 in the ways H1870 of darkness H2822 ;
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14. who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;
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14. Who rejoice H8056 to do H6213 evil H7451 , and delight in H1523 the frowardness H8419 of the wicked H7451 ;
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15. whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;
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15. Whose H834 ways H734 are crooked H6141 , and they froward H3868 in their paths H4570 :
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16. to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words;
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16. To deliver H5337 thee from the strange woman H4480 H802 H2114 , even from the stranger H4480 H5237 which flattereth H2505 with her words H561 ;
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17. who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.
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17. Which forsaketh H5800 the guide H441 of her youth H5271 , and forgetteth H7911 the covenant H1285 of her God H430 .
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18. For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.
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18. For H3588 her house H1004 inclineth H7743 unto H413 death H4194 , and her paths H4570 unto H413 the dead H7496 .
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19. None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.
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19. None H3808 H3605 that go unto H935 her return again H7725 , neither H3808 take they hold H5381 of the paths H734 of life H2416 .
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20. So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.
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20. That H4616 thou mayest walk H1980 in the way H1870 of good H2896 men , and keep H8104 the paths H734 of the righteous H6662 .
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21. For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,
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21. For H3588 the upright H3477 shall dwell in H7931 the land H776 , and the perfect H8549 shall remain H3498 in it.
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22. but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.
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22. But the wicked H7563 shall be cut off H3772 from the earth H4480 H776 , and the transgressors H898 shall be rooted H5255 out of H4480 it.
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