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Proverbs 2 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 2
The Value of Wisdom
The Value of Wisdom
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1 My son, if you receive my words,
​​And treasure my commands within you,
2 ​​So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
​​And apply your heart to understanding;
3 ​​Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
​​And lift up your voice for understanding,
4 ​​If you seek her as silver,
​​And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 ​​Then you will understand the fear of the LORD,
​​And find the knowledge of God.
6 ​​For the LORD gives wisdom;
​​From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
7 ​​He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
​​He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
8 ​​He guards the paths of justice,
​​And preserves the way of His saints.
9 ​​Then you will understand righteousness and justice,
​​Equity and every good path.
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10 ​​When wisdom enters your heart,
​​And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
11 ​​Discretion will preserve you;
​​Understanding will keep you,
12 ​​To deliver you from the way of evil,
​​From the man who speaks perverse things,
13 ​​From those who leave the paths of uprightness
​​To walk in the ways of darkness;
14 ​​Who rejoice in doing evil,
​​And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
15 ​​Whose ways are crooked,
​​And who are devious in their paths;
16 ​​To deliver you from the immoral woman,
​​From the seductress who flatters with her words,
17 ​​Who forsakes the companion of her youth,
​​And forgets the covenant of her God.
18 ​​For her house leads down to death,
​​And her paths to the dead;
19 ​​None who go to her return,
​​Nor do they regain the paths of life—
20 ​​So you may walk in the way of goodness,
​​And keep to the paths of righteousness.
21 ​​For the upright will dwell in the land,
​​And the blameless will remain in it;
22 ​​But the wicked will be cut off from the earth,
​​And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.
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