My son{H1121}, if thou wilt receive{H3947}{(H8799)} my words{H561}, and hide{H6845}{(H8799)} my commandments{H4687} with thee;

So that thou incline{H7181}{(H8687)} thine ear{H241} unto wisdom{H2451}, and apply{H5186}{(H8686)} thine heart{H3820} to understanding{H8394};

Yea, if thou criest{H7121}{(H8799)} after knowledge{H998}, and liftest up{H5414}{(H8799)} thy voice{H6963} for understanding{H8394};

If thou seekest{H1245}{(H8762)} her as silver{H3701}, and searchest{H2664}{(H8799)} for her as for hid treasures{H4301};

Then shalt thou understand{H995}{(H8799)} the fear{H3374} of the LORD{H3068}, and find{H4672}{(H8799)} the knowledge{H1847} of God{H430}.

For the LORD{H3068} giveth{H5414}{(H8799)} wisdom{H2451}: out of his mouth{H6310} cometh knowledge{H1847} and understanding{H8394}.

He layeth up{H6845}{(H8799)}{(H8675)}{H6845}{(H8804)} sound wisdom{H8454} for the righteous{H3477}: he is a buckler{H4043} to them that walk{H1980}{(H8802)} uprightly{H8537}.

He keepeth{H5341}{(H8800)} the paths{H734} of judgment{H4941}, and preserveth{H8104}{(H8799)} the way{H1870} of his saints{H2623}.

Then shalt thou understand{H995}{(H8799)} righteousness{H6664}, and judgment{H4941}, and equity{H4339}; yea, every good{H2896} path{H4570}.

When wisdom{H2451} entereth{H935}{(H8799)} into thine heart{H3820}, and knowledge{H1847} is pleasant{H5276}{(H8799)} unto thy soul{H5315};

Discretion{H4209} shall preserve{H8104}{(H8799)} thee, understanding{H8394} shall keep{H5341}{(H8799)} thee:

To deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} thee from the way{H1870} of the evil{H7451} man, from the man{H376} that speaketh{H1696}{(H8764)} froward things{H8419};

Who leave{H5800}{(H8802)} the paths{H734} of uprightness{H3476}, to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} in the ways{H1870} of darkness{H2822};

Who rejoice{H8056} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} evil{H7451}, and delight{H1523}{(H8799)} in the frowardness{H8419} of the wicked{H7451};

Whose ways{H734} are crooked{H6141}, and they froward{H3868}{(H8737)} in their paths{H4570}:

To deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} thee from the strange{H2114}{(H8801)} woman{H802}, even from the stranger{H5237} which flattereth{H2505}{(H8689)} with her words{H561};

Which forsaketh{H5800}{(H8802)} the guide{H441} of her youth{H5271}, and forgetteth{H7911}{(H8804)} the covenant{H1285} of her God{H430}.

For her house{H1004} inclineth{H7743}{(H8804)} unto death{H4194}, and her paths{H4570} unto the dead{H7496}.

None that go{H935}{(H8802)} unto her return again{H7725}{(H8799)}, neither take they hold{H5381}{(H8686)} of the paths{H734} of life{H2416}.

That thou mayest walk{H3212}{(H8799)} in the way{H1870} of good{H2896} men, and keep{H8104}{(H8799)} the paths{H734} of the righteous{H6662}.

For the upright{H3477} shall dwell{H7931}{(H8799)} in the land{H776}, and the perfect{H8549} shall remain{H3498}{(H8735)} in it.

But the wicked{H7563} shall be cut off{H3772}{(H8735)} from the earth{H776}, and the transgressors{H898}{(H8802)} shall be rooted out{H5255}{(H8799)} of it.