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class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24002002-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">inclining your heart to understanding;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002003" class="ver">3</span>Yes, if you call for intelligence,</p> <p class="sl1">and to understanding raise your voice;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002004" class="ver">4</span>If you seek her like silver,</p> <p class="sl1">and like hidden treasures search her out,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002005" class="ver">5</span>Then will you understand the fear of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>;</p> <p class="sl1">the knowledge of God you will find;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002006" class="ver">6</span>For the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> gives wisdom,</p> <p class="sl1">from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;<a id="ren24002006-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24002006-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002007" class="ver">7</span>He has success in store for the upright,</p> <p class="sl1">is the shield of those who walk honestly,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002008" class="ver">8</span>Guarding the paths of justice,</p> <p class="sl1">protecting the way of his faithful ones,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002009" class="ver">9</span>Then you will understand what is right and just,</p> <p class="sl1">what is fair, every good path;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002010" class="ver">10</span>For wisdom will enter your heart,</p> <p class="sl1">knowledge will be at home in your soul,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002011" class="ver">11</span>Discretion will watch over you,</p> <p class="sl1">understanding will guard you;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002012" class="ver">12</span><a id="rfn24002012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24002012-1">*</a> Saving you from the way of the wicked,</p> <p class="sl1">from those whose speech is perverse.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002013" class="ver">13</span>From those who have left the straight paths</p> <p class="sl1">to walk in the ways of darkness,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002014" class="ver">14</span>Who delight in doing evil</p> <p class="sl1">and celebrate perversity;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002015" class="ver">15</span>Whose ways are crooked,</p> <p class="sl1">whose paths are devious;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002016" class="ver">16</span><a id="rfn24002016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24002016-1">*</a> Saving you from a stranger,</p> <p class="sl1">from a foreign woman with her smooth words,<a id="ren24002016-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24002016-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002017" class="ver">17</span>One who forsakes the companion of her youth</p> <p class="sl1">and forgets the covenant of her God;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002018" class="ver">18</span>For her path sinks down to death,</p> <p class="sl1">and her footsteps lead to the shades.<a id="rfn24002018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24002018-1">*</a> <a id="ren24002018-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24002018-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002019" class="ver">19</span>None who enter there come back,</p> <p class="sl1">or gain the paths of life.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002020" class="ver">20</span>Thus you may walk in the way of the good,</p> <p class="sl1">and keep to the paths of the just.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002021" class="ver">21</span><a id="rfn24002021-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn24002021-1">*</a> For the upright will dwell in the land,<a id="ren24002021-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en24002021-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl1">people of integrity will remain in it;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v24002022" class="ver">22</span>But the wicked will be cut off from the land,</p> <p class="sl1">the faithless will be rooted out of it.</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" 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