| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1My child, listen to what I say, and treasure my commands. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Then you will understand what it means to fear the LORD, and you will gain knowledge of God. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6For the LORD grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8He guards the paths of the just and protects those who are faithful to him. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair, and you will find the right way to go. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill you with joy. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Wise choices will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Wisdom will save you from evil people, from those whose words are twisted. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13These men turn from the right way to walk down dark paths. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14They take pleasure in doing wrong, and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Their actions are crooked, and their ways are wrong. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman, from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17She has abandoned her husband and ignores the covenant she made before God. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Entering her house leads to death; it is the road to the grave. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The man who visits her is doomed. He will never reach the paths of life. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20So follow the steps of the good, and stay on the paths of the righteous. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21For only the godly will live in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22But the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted. |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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