✧1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; ✧2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding; ✧3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding; ✧4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures; ✧5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. ✧6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding. ✧7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly. ✧8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. ✧9
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Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.
✧10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;