The Value of Wisdom

My son, if you receive my words,
And (A)treasure my commands within you,

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Moral Benefits of Wisdom

My son,(A) if you accept my words
    and store up my commands within you,

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Guidance for the Young

My son, do not forget my law,
(A)But let your heart keep my commands;

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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being

My son,(A) do not forget my teaching,(B)
    but keep my commands in your heart,

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To receive the instruction of wisdom,
Justice, judgment, and equity;

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for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,
    doing what is right and just and fair;

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47 And if anyone hears My words and does not [a]believe, (A)I do not judge him; for (B)I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 (C)He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—(D)the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:47 NU keep them

47 “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.(A) 48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them(B) at the last day.

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Security in Wisdom

Hear, (A)my children, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding;

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Get Wisdom at Any Cost

Listen, my sons,(A) to a father’s instruction;(B)
    pay attention and gain understanding.(C)

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The Wiles of a Harlot

My son, keep my words,
And (A)treasure my commands within you.

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Warning Against the Adulterous Woman

My son,(A) keep my words
    and store up my commands within you.

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“And (A)these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. (B)You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. (C)You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. (D)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

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These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.(A) Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(B) Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(C) Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.(D)

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20 My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them depart from your eyes;
Keep them in the midst of your heart;
22 For they are life to those who find them,
And health to all their flesh.

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20 My son,(A) pay attention to what I say;
    turn your ear to my words.(B)
21 Do not let them out of your sight,(C)
    keep them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them
    and health to one’s whole body.(D)

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21 (A)Bind them continually upon your heart;
Tie them around your neck.

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21 Bind them always on your heart;
    fasten them around your neck.(A)

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ב BETH

How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your word.
10 With my whole heart I have (A)sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
11 (B)Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.

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ב Beth

How can a young person stay on the path of purity?(A)
    By living according to your word.(B)
10 I seek you with all my heart;(C)
    do not let me stray from your commands.(D)
11 I have hidden your word in my heart(E)
    that I might not sin(F) against you.

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12 I have not departed from the (A)commandment of His lips;
(B)I have treasured the words of His mouth
More than my [a]necessary food.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 23:12 Lit. appointed portion

12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;(A)
    I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.(B)

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10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings,
(A)And the years of your life will be many.

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10 Listen, my son,(A) accept what I say,
    and the years of your life will be many.(B)

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19 (A)But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.

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19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.(A)

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