1Oh, my son, that thou wouldst receive my words, And treasure up my precepts within thee;

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

2That thou wouldst apply thine ear to wisdom, And incline thy heart to understanding!

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

3For if thou wilt call aloud to knowledge, And lift up thy voice to understanding,—

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

4If thou wilt seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden 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; From his mouth proceed 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 safety for the righteous; He is a shield 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 guardeth the paths of equity, And defendeth the way of his servants.

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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 equity And uprightness, 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 thy heart, And knowledge is pleasant to thy soul,

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

11Discretion will guard thee, Understanding will preserve thee.

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

12It will deliver thee from the way of the wicked, From the men who speak perverse things;

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

13Who forsake 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 in doing evil, And delight in the perverseness of the wicked;

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

15Whose paths are crooked, And who are froward in their ways.

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

16It will deliver thee from the wife of another, From the stranger, who useth smooth words;

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

17Who forsaketh the friend 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 sinketh down to Death, And her paths to the shades of the dead:

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

19None that go to her return again; They will not attain the paths of life.

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

20Therefore walk thou 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 righteous 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 land, And 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