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1 My sonne, yf thou wilt receaue my wordes, and kepe my commaundementes by the,
2 that thou wylt enclyne thyne eare vnto wysdome, applye thyne hert then to vnderstandynge.
3 For yf thou cryest after wisdome, and callest for knowledge:
4 yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure,
5 then shalt thou vnderstande the feare of the Lorde, and fynde the knowledge of God.
6 For it is the Lorde that geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandynge.
7 He hydeth vp healthe for the ryghteous. He preserueth the welfare of the ryghteous, and defendeth them that walke syncerely:
8 he kepeth them in the ryght pathe, and preserueth the waye of soche as serue hym with godlynesse.
9 Then shalt thou vnderstande ryghteousnesse, iudment, and equyte: yee, and euery good path.
10 Yf wysdome entre into thyne herte, and thy soule delyte in knowledge:
11 then shall councell preserue the, and vnderstandynge shall kepe the.
12 That thou mayest be delyuered from the euell waye, and from the man that speaketh frowarde thinges.
13 From soche as leaue the hye strete, & walke in the wayes of darckenesse:
14 which reioyse in doynge euell: and delyte in wycked thynges:
15 whose wayes are croked, and they frowarde in thyr pathes.
16 That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thyne awne: which geueth swete wordes,
17 forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the conuenaunt of her God.
18 For her house is enclyned vnto death, & her pathes vnto hell.
19 All they that go in vnto her come not agayn, nether take they holde of the waye of lyfe.
20 Therfore, walke thou in the waye of soch as be verteous, and kepe the pathes of the ryghteous.
21 For the iust shall dwell in the lande: and they that be perfecte shall remayne in it:
22 but the vngodly shalbe roted out of the lande: and the wycked doers shalbe roted out of it.