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My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,
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making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
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yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
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if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures;
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then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
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For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
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he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
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guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his saints.
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Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)