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so as to turn your ear to wisdom,
    and apply your heart to understanding;
yes, if you call out for discernment,
    and lift up your voice for understanding;
if you seek her as silver,
    and search for her as for hidden treasures:
then you will understand the fear of Yahweh,
    and find the knowledge of God.[a]
For Yahweh gives wisdom.
    Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
He lays up sound wisdom for the upright.
    He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

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Footnotes

  1. 2:5 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

making your ear attentive to wisdom
    and inclining your heart to understanding,
if you indeed cry out for insight
    and raise your voice for understanding,
if you seek it like silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasures—(A)
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.(B)
For the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;(C)
he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
    he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,(D)

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Trust in Yahweh with all your heart,
    and don’t lean on your own understanding.

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
    and do not rely on your own insight.(A)

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A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it,
    but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

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A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,
    but knowledge is easy for one who understands.

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29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
    but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

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29 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,
    but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly.(A)

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33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,
    and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

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33 Wisdom is at home in the mind of one who has understanding,
    but it is not[a] known in the heart of fools.(A)

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  1. 14.33 Gk Syr: Heb lacks not

32 He who refuses correction despises his own soul,
    but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.

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32 Those who ignore instruction despise themselves,
    but those who heed admonition gain understanding.(A)

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21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent.
    Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

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21 The wise of heart is called perceptive,
    and pleasant speech increases persuasiveness.

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10 A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding
    than a hundred lashes into a fool.

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10 A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person
    than a hundred blows into a fool.

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27 He who spares his words has knowledge.
    He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

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27 One who spares words is knowledgeable;
    one who is cool in spirit has understanding.(A)

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A fool has no delight in understanding,
    but only in revealing his own opinion.

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A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
    but only in expressing personal opinion.(A)

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He who gets wisdom loves his own soul.
    He who keeps understanding shall find good.

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To get wisdom is to love oneself;
    to keep understanding is to prosper.(A)

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Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
    but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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The purposes in the human mind are like deep water,
    but the intelligent will draw them out.(A)

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