Verse
KJV
King James Version
WEB
World English Bible
My son, if thou
wilt
receive my words, and hide
my commandments with
thee
;
My son, if you
will
receive my words, And store
up
my commandments within
you
;
So that
thou
incline
thine
ear unto
wisdom, and apply thine
heart to understanding;
So as
to
turn
your
ear to
wisdom, And apply your
heart to understanding;
Yea
, if thou
criest
after
knowledge
, and liftest
up thy
voice for understanding;
Yes
, if you
call
out
for
discernment
, And lift
up your
voice for understanding;
If thou
seekest
her as silver, and searchest
for her as for hid
treasures ;
If you
seek
her as silver, And search
for her as for hidden
treasures :
Then shalt
thou
understand the fear of the
LORD
, and find the knowledge of God.
Then you
will
understand the fear of Yahweh
, And find the knowledge of God.
For the
LORD
giveth
wisdom :
out of his mouth cometh
knowledge and understanding.
For Yahweh
gives
wisdom .
Out of his mouth comes
knowledge and understanding.
He layeth
up sound wisdom for the righteous:
he is a buckler
to them
that
walk uprightly.
He lays
up sound wisdom for the upright.
He is a shield
to those
who
walk in
integrity;
He keepeth
the paths of judgment
, and preserveth
the way of his saints.
That
he may
guard
the paths of justice
, And preserve
the way of his saints.
Then shalt
thou
understand righteousness ,
and judgment
, and
equity ;
yea,
every good path.
Then you
will
understand righteousness and justice
, Equity and
every good path.
When
wisdom entereth
into thine
heart ,
and
knowledge is
pleasant unto
thy
soul ;
For
wisdom will
enter
into your
heart .
Knowledge will
be
pleasant to
your
soul .
Discretion shall
preserve
thee,
understanding shall
keep thee:
Discretion will
watch
over
you.
Understanding will
keep you,
To deliver thee
from the way of the
evil man
, from the man
that
speaketh
froward
things;
To deliver you
from the way of evil, From the men
who
speak
perverse
things;
Who leave
the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Who forsake
the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness
of the
wicked
;
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness
of evil
;
Whose
ways
are crooked, and they
froward
in their paths:
Who
are crooked in
their
ways
, And wayward
in their paths:
To deliver thee
from the strange woman, even from the stranger
which
flattereth
with her words;
To deliver you
from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner
who
flatters
with her words;
Which
forsaketh
the guide
of her youth, and forgetteth
the covenant of her God .
Who
forsakes
the friend
of her youth, And forgets
the covenant of her God :
For her house inclineth
unto
death, and
her paths unto
the dead.
For her house leads
down
to
death, Her paths to
the dead.
None that
go unto
her return again, neither take
they hold
of
the paths of life .
None who
go to
her return again, Neither do
they attain
to
the paths of life :
That thou
mayest
walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
That you
may
walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.
For the upright shall
dwell in the land ,
and
the perfect shall
remain in it.
For the upright will
dwell in the land .
The perfect will
remain in it.
But the wicked shall
be cut off from the earth,
and
the transgressors
shall
be rooted out of it.
But the wicked will
be cut off from the land.
The treacherous
will
be rooted out of it.
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