1The study of wisdom tendeth to promote godliness, 10to guard against the seducing of sinners, 20and to direct men in good and salutary ways.
1MY son, aif thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
a ch. 1.8; 3.1; 4.1,20,21; 5.1,2,7; 6.20,21; 7.1-3. Ps. 119.9,11,127,128.
2So that bthou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
b Is. 55.3. v.3,4. Ro. 12.11. Ec. 9.10. Ac. 17.11. Jn. 5.39.
3Yea, cif thou criest after knowledge, and 1liftest up thy voice for understanding;
1Heb. givest thy voice.
c ch. 8.17. Ja. 1.5.
4If dthou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
d Mat. 6.33; 13.44. ch. 3.14; 8.18,19. Job 28.12-19. Ps. 119.72.
5eThen shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
e Ho. 6.3. Job 28.28. Mat. 11.25; 13.11. Is. 54.13; 33.6. Je. 31.34.
6For fthe LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
f 1Ki. 3.9,12. Ja. 1.5,17. Is. 48.17. Ep. 1.17-19; 3.18,19.
7He layeth up gsound wisdom for the righteous: he is a h*buckler to them that walk uprightly.
*buckler-small shield.
g 1Co. 1.24; 2.7. 2Ti. 3.15. h Ge. 15.1. Ps. 84.9,11; 5.12. ch. 30.5.
8He ikeepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
i Ps. 5.8; 25.9; 23.3; 66.9; 121.3,8. 1Sa. 2.9. Jude 24. Jn. 10.28,29. 1Pe. 1.5.
9jThen shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and kequity; yea , every good path.
j Ps. 119.99. v.5,6. ch. 1.2-6. Je. 6.16. k Ps. 17.2.
10¶When lwisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
l Job 23.12; 32.12. Ps. 19.10; 119.97-99. Je. 15.16. Col. 3.16.
11mDiscretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
m ch. 6.22,23. Ps. 119.5,7,9,11,34. Ep. 5.15.
12To ndeliver thee from the way of the evil man , from the man that speaketh o*froward things;
*froward-perverse, contrary, self-willed.
n Ps. 17.4,5. Ep. 5.11,15. ch. 13.20; 9.6. o Ac. 20.30. 1Co. 15.32.
13Who pleave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
p Ps. 14.3. ch. 21.16. Ep. 4.18,19. Jn. 3.19,20; 12.35. Ro. 13.12; 1.28.
14Who qrejoice to do evil, and delight in the *frowardness of the wicked;
*frowardness-perverseness, contrariness.
q ch. 10.23. Je. 11.15. Ro. 13.12; 1.32.
15Whose rways are crooked, and they *froward in their paths:
*froward-perverse, contrary, self-willed.
r De. 32.5. Ps. 125.5. Is. 59.8. Ro. 1.28-32. Tit. 3.3.
16To sdeliver thee from the *strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
*strange-foreign.
s ch. 5.3,20; 7.5; 6.24; 19.27; 9.13-18. Ec. 7.26. Ro. 16.18.
17Which tforsaketh the uguide of her youth, and forgetteth vthe covenant of her God.
t 1Co. 6.16. Ge. 2.24. u 1Co. 11.3. Je. 3.1,4. v Mal. 2.14,15. Ge. 2.24. Ho. 2.15.
18For wher house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
w ch. 5.5,11; 6.26; 7.27; 9.18.
19xNone that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
x Ec. 7.26. He. 13.4. Ho. 4.11,14. Re. 22.11. Ps. 81.12. Mat. 7.14.
20That ythou mayest walk in the way of good men , and keep the paths of the righteous.
y Ps. 119.5,63,115. He. 6.12. Je. 6.16. ch. 13.20. Ca. 1.8.
21For zthe upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
z Ps. 37.3,9,11,22,29. Is. 1.19. Job 1.3; 42.12.
22But athe wicked bshall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be 2rooted out of it.
2Or, plucked up.
a Job 18.17. Ps. 104.35; 37.22; 52.5; 10.16. Mal. 4.1. b Ps. 37.38.