1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge,
4 If thou seekest her as
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man,
13 Who leave the paths of
14 Who rejoice to do
15 Whose ways
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.