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| 2:1 | My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my words, and hide my commaundements with thee; |
| 2:2 | So that thou incline thine eare vnto wisedome, and apply thine heart to vnderstanding: |
| 2:3 | Yea if thou cryest after knowledge, and liftest vp thy voyce for vnderstanding: |
| 2:4 | If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her, as for hid treasures: |
| 2:5 | Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. |
| 2:6 | For the Lord giueth wisedome: out of his mouth commeth knowledge, and vnderstanding. |
| 2:7 | He layeth vp sound wisedome for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walke vprightly. |
| 2:8 | He keepeth the pathes of iudgement, and preserueth the way of his Saints. |
| 2:9 | Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equity; yea euery good path. |
| 2:10 | When wisedome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant vnto thy soule; |
| 2:11 | Discretion shall preserue thee, vnderstanding shall keepe thee: |
| 2:12 | To deliuer thee from the way of the euill man, from the man that speaketh froward things. |
| 2:13 | Who leaue the pathes of vprightnesse, to walke in the wayes of darkenesse: |
| 2:14 | Who reioyce to doe euill, and delight in the frowardnesse of the wicked. |
| 2:15 | Whose wayes are crooked, and they froward in their pathes. |
| 2:16 | To deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her words: |
| 2:17 | Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God. |
| 2:18 | For her house inclineth vnto death, and her pathes vnto the dead: |
| 2:19 | None that goe vnto her, returne againe, neither take they hold of the pathes of life. |
| 2:20 | That thou mayest walke in the way of good men, and keepe the pathes of the righteous. |
| 2:21 | For the vpright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remaine in it. |
| 2:22 | But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressours shalbe rooted out of it. |
| 2:1 | My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee, |
| 2:2 | And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding, |
| 2:3 | (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding: |
| 2:4 | If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures, |
| 2:5 | Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God. |
| 2:6 | For the Lord giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding. |
| 2:7 | He preserueth the state of the righteous: he is a shielde to them that walke vprightly, |
| 2:8 | That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the way of his Saintes) |
| 2:9 | Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path. |
| 2:10 | When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule, |
| 2:11 | Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee, |
| 2:12 | And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things, |
| 2:13 | And from them that leaue the wayes of righteousnes to walke in the wayes of darkenes: |
| 2:14 | Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked, |
| 2:15 | Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths. |
| 2:16 | And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes. |
| 2:17 | Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God. |
| 2:18 | Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead. |
| 2:19 | All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life. |
| 2:20 | Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous. |
| 2:21 | For the iust shall dwell in the land, and the vpright men shall remaine in it. |
| 2:22 | But the wicked shalbe cut off from ye earth, and the transgressours shalbe rooted out of it. |
| 2:1 | My sonne, yf thou wilt receaue my wordes, and kepe my commaundementes by the, |
| 2:2 | that thou wylt enclyne thyne eare vnto wysdome, applye thyne hert then to vnderstandynge. |
| 2:3 | For yf thou cryest after wisdome, and callest for knowledge: |
| 2:4 | yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure, |
| 2:5 | then shalt thou vnderstande the feare of the Lorde, and fynde the knowledge of God. |
| 2:6 | For it is the Lorde that geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandynge. |
| 2:7 | He hydeth vp healthe for the ryghteous. He preserueth the welfare of the ryghteous, and defendeth them that walke syncerely: |
| 2:8 | he kepeth them in the ryght pathe, and preserueth the waye of soche as serue hym with godlynesse. |
| 2:9 | Then shalt thou vnderstande ryghteousnesse, iudment, and equyte: yee, and euery good path. |
| 2:10 | Yf wysdome entre into thyne herte, and thy soule delyte in knowledge: |
| 2:11 | then shall councell preserue the, and vnderstandynge shall kepe the. |
| 2:12 | That thou mayest be delyuered from the euell waye, and from the man that speaketh frowarde thinges. |
| 2:13 | From soche as leaue the hye strete, & walke in the wayes of darckenesse: |
| 2:14 | which reioyse in doynge euell: and delyte in wycked thynges: |
| 2:15 | whose wayes are croked, and they frowarde in thyr pathes. |
| 2:16 | That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thyne awne: which geueth swete wordes, |
| 2:17 | forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the conuenaunt of her God. |
| 2:18 | For her house is enclyned vnto death, & her pathes vnto hell. |
| 2:19 | All they that go in vnto her come not agayn, nether take they holde of the waye of lyfe. |
| 2:20 | Therfore, walke thou in the waye of soch as be verteous, and kepe the pathes of the ryghteous. |
| 2:21 | For the iust shall dwell in the lande: and they that be perfecte shall remayne in it: |
| 2:22 | but the vngodly shalbe roted out of the lande: and the wycked doers shalbe roted out of it. |
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