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My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,
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To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
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For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
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If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
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Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.
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For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.
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Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.
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To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.
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Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness -- every good path.