The Benefits of Wisdom 1 DBY My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee, BSB BSB: My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
2 DBY so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding; BSB BSB: if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
3 DBY yea, if thou criest after discernment and liftest up thy voice to understanding; BSB BSB: if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
4 DBY if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures: BSB BSB: if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
5 DBY then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God. BSB BSB: then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
6 DBY For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding. BSB BSB: For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 DBY He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to them that walk in integrity; BSB BSB: He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
8 DBY guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones. BSB BSB: to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
9 DBY Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path. BSB BSB: Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
10 DBY When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul, BSB BSB: For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
11 DBY discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee: BSB BSB: Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
12 DBY To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things; BSB BSB: to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
13 DBY from those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;BSB BSB: from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 DBY who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil; BSB BSB: from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
15 DBY whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course: BSB BSB: whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
16 DBY To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words; BSB BSB: It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
17 DBY who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God; BSB BSB: who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
18 DBY — for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead; BSB BSB: For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
19 DBY none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life: BSB BSB: None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
20 DBY — that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous. BSB BSB: So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 DBY For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it; BSB BSB: For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
22 DBY but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it. BSB BSB: but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
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