1My son, if thou wilt receive my words,…
2That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline…
3For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and…
4If thou shalt seek her as money, and…
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the…
6Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of…
7He will keep the salvation of the righteous,…
8Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the…
9Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and…
10If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and…
11Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve…
12That thou mayst be delivered from the evil…
13Who leave the right way, and walk by…
14Who are glad when they have done evil,…
15Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.
16That thou mayst be delivered from the strange…
17And forsaketh the guide of her youth,
18And hath forgotten the covenant of her God:…
19None that go in unto her shall return…
20That thou mayst walk in a good way:…
21For they that are upright shall dwell in…
22But the wicked shall be destroyed from the…
