^{1 Ref} My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

^{2 Ref} So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

^{3 Ref} Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

^{4 Ref} If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

^{5 Ref} Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

^{6 Ref} For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

^{7 Ref} He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

^{8 Ref} He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.

^{9 Ref} Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

^{10 Ref} For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

^{11 Ref} Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

^{12 Ref} Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

^{13 Ref} Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;

^{14 Ref} Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;

^{15 Ref} Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

^{16 Ref} To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

^{17 Ref} Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

^{18 Ref} For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

^{19 Ref} Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

^{20 Ref} So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

^{21 Ref} For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

^{22 Ref} But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

^{1 Ref} My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

^{2 Ref} So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

^{3 Ref} Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

^{4 Ref} If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

^{5 Ref} Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.

^{6 Ref} For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth `cometh' knowledge and understanding:

^{7 Ref} He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; `He is' a shield to them that walk in integrity;

^{8 Ref} That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.

^{9 Ref} Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, `yea', every good path.

^{10 Ref} For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

^{11 Ref} Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

^{12 Ref} To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

^{13 Ref} Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

^{14 Ref} Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

^{15 Ref} Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

^{16 Ref} To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

^{17 Ref} That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

^{18 Ref} For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

^{19 Ref} None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

^{20 Ref} That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

^{21 Ref} For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.

^{22 Ref} But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

^{1 Ref} My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

^{2 Ref} So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

^{3 Ref} Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

^{4 Ref} If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

^{5 Ref} Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

^{6 Ref} For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

^{7 Ref} He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

^{8 Ref} He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

^{9 Ref} Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

^{10 Ref} When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

^{11 Ref} Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

^{12 Ref} To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

^{13 Ref} Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

^{14 Ref} Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

^{15 Ref} Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

^{16 Ref} To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

^{17 Ref} Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

^{18 Ref} For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

^{19 Ref} None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

^{20 Ref} That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

^{21 Ref} For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

^{22 Ref} But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.