1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

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Proverbs 3:1, Proverbs 3:1, Proverbs 1:3, Proverbs 1:3, Proverbs 4:1

2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

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Proverbs 23:12, Proverbs 23:12, Proverbs 18:1, Proverbs 18:1, Psalms 119:111

3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

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James 1:5, James 1:5, Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 1:18, Ephesians 1:17

4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

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Matthew 13:44, Matthew 13:44, Matthew 19:29, Proverbs 16:16, Matthew 19:29

5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

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Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 1:7, Jeremiah 24:7, Jeremiah 24:7, 2 Chronicles 1:10

6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

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Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 1:18, Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 1:18, James 1:5

7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

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James 3:15, James 3:17, James 3:15, James 3:17, Psalms 84:11

8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

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Psalms 23:3, Psalms 23:3, 1 Samuel 2:9, 1 Samuel 2:9, John 10:28

9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

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Jeremiah 6:16, Jeremiah 6:16, Matthew 7:13, Matthew 7:14, Psalms 143:8

10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

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Jeremiah 15:16, Jeremiah 15:16, Job 23:12, Colossians 3:16, Job 23:12

11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

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Proverbs 4:6, Proverbs 4:6, Ephesians 5:15, Psalms 25:21, Ephesians 5:15

12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

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1 Corinthians 15:33, 1 Corinthians 15:33, Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 8:13

13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

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John 3:19, John 3:20, John 3:19, John 3:20, Proverbs 4:19

14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

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Proverbs 10:23, Proverbs 10:23, Romans 1:32, Romans 1:32, Jeremiah 11:15

15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

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Psalms 125:5, Psalms 125:5, Proverbs 21:8, Proverbs 21:8, Deuteronomy 32:5

16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

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Ecclesiastes 7:26, Ecclesiastes 7:26, Proverbs 7:5, Proverbs 7:23, Proverbs 6:24

17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

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Ezekiel 16:59, Ezekiel 16:60, Jeremiah 3:4, Ezekiel 16:8, Ezekiel 16:59

18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

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Proverbs 9:18, Proverbs 9:18, Ephesians 5:5, Galatians 5:19, Galatians 5:21

19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

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Ecclesiastes 7:26, Ecclesiastes 7:26, Psalms 81:12, Psalms 81:12, Matthew 19:24

20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

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Hebrews 6:12, Hebrews 6:12, 3 John 1:11, Psalms 119:115, Jeremiah 6:16

21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

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Psalms 37:9, Psalms 37:29, Psalms 37:9, Psalms 37:29, Psalms 84:11

22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

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Psalms 52:5, Psalms 52:5, Isaiah 3:10, Isaiah 3:11, Isaiah 3:10