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1. My son, if you will receive my words, and treasure up my commandments with 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. so that you attend to wisdom, you shall extend 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. For if you cry for discernment, lifting up 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 her as silver, and search for her as hidden treasures,
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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 shall understand the fear of Jehovah and find knowledge of 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 Jehovah gives wisdom; out of His mouth are 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 lays up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to the ones who walk in 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 judgment, and He protects the way of His saints.
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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 shall understand righteousness and judgment and honesty, yea, every good path.
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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. When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
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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 shall keep you, understanding shall watch over 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 evil way, from the man who speaks perverse things,
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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. those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
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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 rejoice to do evil, they delight in the perversities of the wicked,
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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 crooked, who are devious in their tracks;
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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. these will deliver you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her 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 forsakes the guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her 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 leads down to death, and her tracks to 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. All going in to her do not return, nor do they reach the ways 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. Then you may walk in the ways of the good and keep the ways 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 shall live in the land, and the perfect shall 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 shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of 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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