2My child, learn what I teach you and never forget what I tell you to do.H1121H3947H561H6845H46872Listen to what is wise and try to understand it.H7181H241H2451H5186H3820H83943Yes, beg for knowledge; plead for insight.H7121H998H5414H6963H83944Look for it as hard as you would for silver or some hidden treasure.H1245H3701H2664H43015If you do, you will know what it means to fear the LORD and you will succeed in learning about God.H995H3374H3068H4672H1847H4306It is the LORD who gives wisdom; from him come knowledge and understanding.H3068H5414H2451H6310H1847H83947He provides help and protection for those who are righteous and honest.H6845H6845H8454H3477H4043H1980H85378He protects those who treat others fairly, and guards those who are devoted to him.H5341H734H4941H8104H1870H26239If you listen to me, you will know what is right, just, and fair. You will know what you should do.H995H6664H4941H4339H2896H457010You will become wise, and your knowledge will give you pleasure.H2451H935H3820H1847H5276H531511Your insight and understanding will protect youH4209H8104H8394H534112and prevent you from doing the wrong thing. They will keep you away from people who stir up trouble by what they say -H5337H1870H7451H376H1696H841913those who have abandoned a righteous life to live in the darkness of sin,H5800H734H3476H3212H1870H282214those who find pleasure in doing wrong and who enjoy senseless evil,H8056H6213H7451H1523H8419H745115unreliable people who cannot be trusted.H734H6141H3868H457016You will be able to resist any immoral woman who tries to seduce you with her smooth talk,H5337H2114H802H5237H2505H56117who is faithless to her own husband and forgets her sacred vows.H5800H441H5271H7911H1285H43018If you go to her house, you are traveling the road to death. To go there is to approach the world of the dead.H1004H7743H4194H4570H749619No one who visits her ever comes back. He never returns to the road to life.H935H7725H5381H734H241620So you must follow the example of good people and live a righteous life.H3212H1870H2896H8104H734H666221Righteous people - people of integrity - will live in this land of ours.H3477H7931H776H8549H349822But God will snatch the wicked from the land and pull sinners out of it like plants from the ground.H7563H3772H776H898H5255
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