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for gaining wisdom and instruction; for understanding words of insight;
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom
Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
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Wisdom’s Rebuke
Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square;
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Moral Benefits of Wisdom
My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
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turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—
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For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
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For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
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Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
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Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,
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Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding,
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By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;
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My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgment and discretion;
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Get Wisdom at Any Cost
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
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Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them.
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Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.
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The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
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I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.
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Warning Against Adultery
My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight,
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Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and to insight, “You are my relative.”
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Wisdom’s Call
Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?
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for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
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“I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion.
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Invitations of Wisdom and Folly
Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars.
