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Proverbs 2
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Make Insight Your Priority

2Good friend, take to heart what I'm telling you; collect my counsels and guard them with your life.H1121H3947H561H6845H4687 2Tune your ears to the world of Wisdom; set your heart on a life of Understanding.H7181H241H2451H5186H3820H8394 3That's right—if you make Insight your priority, and won't take no for an answer,H7121H998H5414H6963H8394 4Searching for it like a prospector panning for gold, like an adventurer on a treasure hunt,H1245H3701H2664H4301 5Believe me, before you know it Fear-of-GOD will be yours; you'll have come upon the Knowledge of God.H995H3374H3068H4672H1847H430 6And here's why: GOD gives out Wisdom free, is plainspoken in Knowledge and Understanding.H3068H5414H2451H6310H1847H8394 7He's a rich mine of Common Sense for those who live well, a personal bodyguard to the candid and sincere.H6845H6845H8454H3477H4043H1980H8537 8He keeps his eye on all who live honestly, and pays special attention to his loyally committed ones.H5341H734H4941H8104H1870H2623 9So now you can pick out what's true and fair, find all the good trails!H995H6664H4941H4339H2896H4570 10Lady Wisdom will be your close friend, and Brother Knowledge your pleasant companion.H2451H935H3820H1847H5276H5315 11Good Sense will scout ahead for danger, Insight will keep an eye out for you.H4209H8104H8394H5341 12They'll keep you from making wrong turns, or following the bad directionsH5337H1870H7451H376H1696H8419 13Of those who are lost themselves and can't tell a trail from a tumbleweed,H5800H734H3476H3212H1870H2822 14These losers who make a game of evil and throw parties to celebrate perversity,H8056H6213H7451H1523H8419H7451 15Traveling paths that go nowhere, wandering in a maze of detours and dead ends.H734H6141H3868H4570 16Wise friends will rescue you from the Temptress— that smooth-talking SeductressH5337H2114H802H5237H2505H561 17Who's faithless to the husband she married years ago, never gave a second thought to her promises before God.H5800H441H5271H7911H1285H430 18Her whole way of life is doomed; every step she takes brings her closer to hell.H1004H7743H4194H4570H7496 19No one who joins her company ever comes back, ever sets foot on the path to real living.H935H7725H5381H734H2416 20So—join the company of good men and women, keep your feet on the tried and true paths.H3212H1870H2896H8104H734H6662 21It's the men who walk straight who will settle this land, the women with integrity who will last here.H3477H7931H776H8549H3498 22The corrupt will lose their lives; the dishonest will be gone for good.H7563H3772H776H898H5255


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