New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 My child, listen to what I say, and treasure my commands.
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My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,
2 Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding.
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To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
3 Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.
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For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
4 Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures.
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If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
5 Then you will understand what it means to fear the LORD, and you will gain knowledge of God.
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Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.
6 For the LORD grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
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For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.
7 He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.
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Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.
8 He guards the paths of the just and protects those who are faithful to him.
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To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.
9 Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair, and you will find the right way to go.
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Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness -- every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill you with joy.
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For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,
11 Wise choices will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe.
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Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,
12 Wisdom will save you from evil people, from those whose words are twisted.
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To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,
13 These men turn from the right way to walk down dark paths.
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Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,
14 They take pleasure in doing wrong, and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.
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Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,
15 Their actions are crooked, and their ways are wrong.
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Whose paths [are] crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.
16 Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman, from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
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To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
17 She has abandoned her husband and ignores the covenant she made before God.
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Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
18 Entering her house leads to death; it is the road to the grave.
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For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
19 The man who visits her is doomed. He will never reach the paths of life.
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None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
20 Follow the steps of good men instead, and stay on the paths of the righteous.
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That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
21 For only the godly will live in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it.
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For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
22 But the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted.
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And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!
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