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The Value of Wisdom

My child, if you accept my words
    and treasure up my commandments within you,(A)

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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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Admonition to Trust and Honor God

My child, do not forget my teaching,
    but let your heart keep my commandments,(A)

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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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for gaining instruction in wise dealing,
    righteousness, justice, and equity;(A)

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

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47 I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world but to save the world.(A) 48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; on the last day the word that I have spoken will serve as judge,(B)

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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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Parental Advice

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction,
    and be attentive, that you may gain[a] insight,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.1 Heb know

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 False Attractions of Adultery

My child, keep my words
    and store up my commandments with you;(A)

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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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Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.(A) Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem[a] on your forehead,(B) and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.8 Or as a frontlet

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, be attentive to my words;
    incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them escape from your sight;
    keep them within your heart.(A)
22 For they are life to those who find them
    and healing to all their flesh.(B)

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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 Bind them upon your heart always;
    tie them around your neck.(A)

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

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How can young people keep their way pure?
    By guarding it according to your word.(A)
10 With my whole heart I seek you;
    do not let me stray from your commandments.(B)
11 I treasure your word in my heart,
    so that I may not sin against you.(C)

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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 commandment of his lips;
    I have treasured his words in my bosom.[a](A)

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  1. 23.12 Gk: Heb words more than my daily bread

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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Admonition to Keep to the Right Path

10 Hear, my child, and accept my words,
    that the years of your life may 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 and Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.(A)

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

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