1My son, if thou wilt receive my words,…
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom,…
3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest…
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest…
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the…
6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his…
7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous:…
8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth…
9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and…
10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge…
11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
12To deliver thee from the way of the…
13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk…
14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in…
15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in…
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even…
17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and…
18For her house inclineth unto death, and her…
19None that go unto her return again, neither…
20That thou mayest walk in the way of…
21For the upright shall dwell in the land,…
22But the wicked shall be cut off from…
