The Value of Wisdom

My son, if you receive my words,
And (A)treasure 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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To receive the instruction of wisdom,
Justice, judgment, and equity;

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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

Security in Wisdom

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

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

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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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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

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

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

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The Parable of the Hidden Treasure

44 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and (A)sells all that he has and (B)buys that field.

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15 (A)This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that (B)Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

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44 (A)“Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

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Jesus Advances in Wisdom and Favor

51 Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was [a]subject to them, but His mother (A)kept all these things in her heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:51 obedient

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