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9 Then you will understand what is right and just and fair--every good path.
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9 Then you will understand what is right and just and fair--every good path.
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10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
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10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
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11 Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
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11 Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
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12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
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12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
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13 who leave the straight paths to walk in dark ways,
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13 who leave the straight paths to walk in dark ways,
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14 who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
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14 who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
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15 whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.
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15 whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.
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16 It will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words,
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16 It will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words,
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17 who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
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17 who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
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18 For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
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18 For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
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19 None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.
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19 None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
