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The Benefits of Wisdom

My child,[a] listen to what I say,
    and treasure my commands.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Hebrew My son.

Moral Benefits of Wisdom

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

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Trusting in the Lord

My child,[a] never forget the things I have taught you.
    Store my commands in your heart.

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  1. 3:1 Hebrew My son; also in 3:11, 21.

Wisdom Bestows Well-Being

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

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Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives,
    to help them do what is right, just, and fair.

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

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47 I will not judge those who hear me but don’t obey me, for I have come to save the world and not to judge it. 48 But all who reject me and my message will be judged on the day of judgment by the truth I have spoken.

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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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A Father’s Wise Advice

My children,[a] listen when your father corrects you.
    Pay attention and learn good judgment,

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Footnotes

  1. 4:1 Hebrew My sons.

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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Another Warning about Immoral Women

Follow my advice, my son;
    always treasure my commands.

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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 you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. 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 child, pay attention to what I say.
    Listen carefully to my words.
21 Don’t lose sight of them.
    Let them penetrate deep into your heart,
22 for they bring life to those who find them,
    and healing to their whole body.

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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 Keep their words always in 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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Beth

How can a young person stay pure?
    By obeying your word.
10 I have tried hard to find you—
    don’t let me wander from your commands.
11 I have hidden your word 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 his commands,
    but have treasured his words more than daily food.

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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 My child,[a] listen to me and do as I say,
    and you will have a long, good life.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:10 Hebrew My son; also in 4:20.

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

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19 but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.

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

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