1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; Cross refs
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Cross refs
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; Cross refs
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Cross refs
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. Cross refs
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. Cross refs
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. Cross refs
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Cross refs
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. Cross refs
10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Cross refs
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: Cross refs
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; Cross refs
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; Cross refs
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Cross refs
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: Cross refs
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; Cross refs
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. Cross refs
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. Cross refs
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. Cross refs
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. Cross refs
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. Cross refs
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. Cross refs