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for giving prudence to those who are simple, knowledge and discretion to the young—
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let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
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Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.
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“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
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but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.”
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turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—
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He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
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For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
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Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
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who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways,
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who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
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whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.
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who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
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None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.
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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,
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Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
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Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
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Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding,
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She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed.
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Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.
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Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.
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Then he taught me, and he said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live.
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Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;
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for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.
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Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
