My son, ifthou wilt receivemy words, and hidemy commandmentswiththee; So that thou inclinethine earunto wisdom, and applythine heartto understanding; Yea, ifthou criestafter knowledge, and liftest upthy voicefor understanding; Ifthou seekesther as silver, and searchestfor her as for hid treasures; Thenshalt thou understandthe fearof the LORD, and findthe knowledgeof God. Forthe LORDgivethwisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledgeand understanding. He layeth upsound wisdomfor the righteous: he is a bucklerto them that walkuprightly. He keepeththe pathsof judgment, and preserveththe wayof his saints. Thenshalt thou understandrighteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea , everygoodpath. Whenwisdomenterethinto thine heart, and knowledgeis pleasantunto thy soul; Discretionshall preservethee, understandingshall keepthee: To deliverthee from the wayof the evil man , from the manthat speakethfroward things; Who leavethe pathsof uprightness, to walkin the waysof darkness; Who rejoiceto doevil, and delight inthe frowardnessof the wicked; Whoseways are crooked, and they frowardin their paths: To deliverthee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatterethwith her words; Which forsakeththe guideof her youth, and forgetteththe covenantof her God. Forher houseinclinethuntodeath, and her pathsuntothe dead. Nonethat go untoher return again, neithertake they holdof the pathsof life. Thatthou mayest walkin the wayof good men , and keepthe pathsof the righteous. Forthe uprightshall dwell inthe land, and the perfectshall remainin it. But the wickedshall be cut offfrom the earth, and the transgressorsshall be rootedout ofit.