Holman Christian Standard Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
1My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, | 1My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, |
2listening closely to wisdom and directing your heart to understanding; | 2listening closely to wisdom and directing your heart to understanding; |
3furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, | 3furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, |
4if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure, | 4if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure, |
5then you will understand the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God. | 5then you will understand the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God. |
6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. | 6For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. |
7He stores up success for the upright; He is a shield for those who live with integrity | 7He stores up success for the upright; He is a shield for those who live with integrity |
8so that He may guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His loyal followers. | 8so that he may guard the paths of justice and protect the way of his faithful followers. |
9Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and integrity--every good path. | 9Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and integrity--every good path. |
10For wisdom will enter your mind, and knowledge will delight your heart. | 10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight you. |
11Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, | 11Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you. |
12rescuing you from the way of evil-- from the one who says perverse things, | 12It will rescue you from the way of evil--from anyone who says perverse things, |
13from those who abandon the right paths to walk in ways of darkness, | 13from those who abandon the right paths to walk in ways of darkness, |
14from those who enjoy doing evil and celebrate perversion, | 14from those who enjoy doing evil and celebrate perversion, |
15whose paths are crooked, and whose ways are devious. | 15whose paths are crooked, and whose ways are devious. |
16It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, from a stranger with her flattering talk, | 16It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, from a wayward woman with her flattering talk, |
17who abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God; | 17who abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God; |
18for her house sinks down to death and her ways to the land of the departed spirits. | 18for her house sinks down to death and her ways to the land of the departed spirits. |
19None return who go to her; none reach the paths of life. | 19None return who go to her; none reach the paths of life. |
20So follow the way of good people, and keep to the paths of the righteous. | 20So follow the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous. |
21For the upright will inhabit the land, and those of integrity will remain in it; | 21For the upright will inhabit the land, and those of integrity will remain in it; |
22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous uprooted from it. | 22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous ripped out of it. |
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