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1 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,
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My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
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turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—
3 yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
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indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,
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and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
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then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
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