The Benefits of Wisdom 1 WBS My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; BSB BSB: My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
2 WBS So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding; BSB BSB: if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
3 WBS Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; BSB BSB: if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
4 WBS If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; BSB BSB: if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
5 WBS Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. BSB BSB: then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
6 WBS For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. BSB BSB: For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 WBS He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. BSB BSB: He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
8 WBS He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. BSB BSB: to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
9 WBS Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; and every good path. BSB BSB: Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
10 WBS When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul; BSB BSB: For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
11 WBS Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: BSB BSB: Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
12 WBS To deliver thee from the way of the evil man , from the man that speaketh froward things; BSB BSB: to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
13 WBS 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 WBS Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; BSB BSB: from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
15 WBS Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: BSB BSB: whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
16 WBS To deliver thee from the strange woman, even 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 WBS 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 WBS For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead. BSB BSB: For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
19 WBS None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold of the paths of life. BSB BSB: None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
20 WBS That thou mayest walk in the way of good men , 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 WBS 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 WBS But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted 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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