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1. My son, if thou wilt receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with thee;
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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. thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding, and shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son.
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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 it thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy 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. and if thou shalt seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for 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 shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the 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 the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence come 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. and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way;
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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. that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him.
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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 shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgement; and shalt direct Lit. all good axles all thy course aright.
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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. For if wisdom shall come into thine understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to thy 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. good counsel shall guard thee, and holy understanding shall keep thee;
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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 thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.
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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. Alas for those who forsake right paths, to walk in 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 in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness;
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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, and their Lit. wheel tracks; compare Heb 12:13 courses winding;
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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. to remove thee far from the straight way, and to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,
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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. of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of 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 she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the See Heb. giants.
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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. None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they are not apprehended of the Singular variation from Heb. years 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. For had they gone in good paths, they would have found the paths of righteousness Gr. smooth easy.
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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 dwell in the earth, and the holy shall be left behind 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. The paths of the ungodly shall perish out of the earth, and transgressors shall be driven away from 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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