Book - Proverbs - Chapter = 2 --> NLT
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My child, listen to me and treasure my instructions.
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Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding.
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Cry out for insight and understanding.
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Search for them as you would for lost money or hidden treasure.
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Then you will understand what it means to fear the LORD, and you will gain knowledge of God.
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For the LORD grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
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He grants a treasure of good sense to the godly. He is their shield, protecting those who walk with integrity.
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He guards the paths of justice and protects those who are faithful to him.
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Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair, and you will know how to find the right course of action every time.
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For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill you with joy.
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Wise planning will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe.
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Wisdom will save you from evil people, from those whose speech is corrupt.
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These people turn from right ways to walk down dark and evil paths.
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They rejoice in doing wrong, and they enjoy evil as it turns things upside down.
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What they do is crooked, and their ways are wrong.
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Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the adulterous woman.
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She has abandoned her husband and ignores the covenant she made before God.
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Entering her house leads to death; it is the road to hell.
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The man who visits her is doomed. He will never reach the paths of life.
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Follow the steps of good men instead, and stay on the paths of the righteous.
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For only the upright will live in the land, and those who have integrity will remain in it.
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But the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be destroyed.