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11 I have taught you the way of wisdom;
    I have led you in the paths of uprightness.(A)

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Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
    teach me your paths.(A)
Lead me in your truth and teach me,
    for you are the God of my salvation;
    for you I wait all day long.(B)

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Epilogue

Besides being wise, the Teacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs.(A)

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They are all straight to one who understands
    and right to those who find knowledge.(A)

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Hear, for I will speak noble things,
    and from my lips will come what is right,(A)

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    he restores my soul.[a]
He leads me in right paths[b]
    for his name’s sake.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 23.3 Or life
  2. 23.3 Or paths of righteousness

23 Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.(A) 24 Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart, for consider what great things he has done for you.(B)

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he taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
    keep my commandments and live.(A)

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“See, just as the Lord my God has charged me, I now teach you statutes and ordinances for you to observe in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.

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10 and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?(A)

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20 I walk in the way of righteousness,
    along the paths of justice,

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