Proverbs Chapter 2 (NIV)

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undefined Moral Benefits of WisdomMy son, if you accept my wordsand store up my commands within you,

undefined turning your ear to wisdomand applying your heart to understanding,

undefined and if you call out for insightand cry aloud for understanding,

undefined and if you look for it as for silverand search for it as for hidden treasure,

undefined then you will understand the fear of the Lordand find the knowledge of God.

undefined For the Lord gives wisdom,and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

undefined He holds victory in store for the upright,he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,

undefined for he guards the course of the justand protects the way of his faithful ones.

undefined Then you will understand what is right and justand fair—every good path.

undefined For wisdom will enter your heart,and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

undefined Discretion will protect you,and understanding will guard you.

undefined Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,from men whose words are perverse,

undefined who leave the straight pathsto walk in dark ways,

undefined who delight in doing wrongand rejoice in the perverseness of evil,

undefined whose paths are crookedand who are devious in their ways.

undefined It will save you also from the adulteress,from the wayward wife with her seductive words,

undefined who has left the partner of her youthand ignored the covenant she made before God.

undefined For her house leads down to deathand her paths to the spirits of the dead.

undefined None who go to her returnor attain the paths of life.

undefined Thus you will walk in the ways of good menand keep to the paths of the righteous.

undefined For the upright will live in the land,and the blameless will remain in it;

undefined but the wicked will be cut off from the land,and the unfaithful will be torn from it.

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