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[1]My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee
[2]That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng
[3]For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge
[4]If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures
[5]Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God
[6]For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng
[7]He stirreth vp health for the righteous: and defendeth them that walke vprightly
[8]That they may kepe the right path: and he preserueth the way of such as do serue him with godlinesse
[9]Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path
[10]When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge
[11]Then shall counsayle preserue thee, and vnderstandyng shall kepe thee
[12]That thou mayest be deliuered from the euyll way, and from the man that speaketh frowarde thynges
[13]From such as leaue the wayes of righteousnesse, to walke in the wayes of darknesse
[14]Which reioyce in doyng naught, and delite in the wickednesse of the euyll
[15]Whose wayes are croked, and they frowarde in their pathes
[16]That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes
[17]Forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God
[18]For her house is enclined vnto death, and her pathes vnto hell
[19]All they that go in vnto her, come not agayne, neither take they holde of the way of lyfe
[20]Therfore walke thou in the way of such as be vertuous, & kepe the pathes of the righteous
[21]For the iust shal dwell in the lande, and they that be perfect shall remayne in it
[22]But the vngodly shall be cut of from the earth: and the wicked doers shalbe rooted out of it
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