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Proverbs 2:1
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My son, if you will receive my words, And store up my mitzvot within you;
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Proverbs 2:2
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So as to turn your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;
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Proverbs 2:3
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Yes, if you call out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding;
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Proverbs 2:4
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If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures:
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Proverbs 2:5
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Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.
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Proverbs 2:6
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For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
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Proverbs 2:7
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He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;
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Proverbs 2:8
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That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his holy ones.
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Proverbs 2:9
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Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.
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Proverbs 2:10
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For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
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Proverbs 2:11
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Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
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Proverbs 2:12
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To deliver you from the way of evil, From the men who speak perverse things;
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Proverbs 2:13
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Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;
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Proverbs 2:14
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Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
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Proverbs 2:15
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Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:
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Proverbs 2:16
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To deliver you from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
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Proverbs 2:17
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Who forsakes the friend of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God:
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Proverbs 2:18
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For her house leads down to death, Her paths to the dead.
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Proverbs 2:19
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None who go to her return again, Neither do they attain to the paths of life:
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Proverbs 2:20
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That you may walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.
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Proverbs 2:21
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For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
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Proverbs 2:22
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But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
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