Dual Panel1My son <01121>_, if thou wilt receive <03947> (8799) my words <0561>_, and hide <06845> (8799) my commandments <04687> with thee;
2So that thou incline <07181> (8687) thine ear <0241> unto wisdom <02451>_, [and] apply <05186> (8686) thine heart <03820> to understanding <08394>_;
3Yea, if thou criest <07121> (8799) after knowledge <0998>_, [and] liftest up <05414> (8799) thy voice <06963> for understanding <08394>_; {liftest...: Heb. givest thy voice}
4If thou seekest <01245> (8762) her as silver <03701>_, and searchest <02664> (8799) for her as [for] hid treasures <04301>_;
5Then shalt thou understand <0995> (8799) the fear <03374> of the LORD <03068>_, and find <04672> (8799) the knowledge <01847> of God <0430>_.
6For the LORD <03068> giveth <05414> (8799) wisdom <02451>_: out of his mouth <06310> [cometh] knowledge <01847> and understanding <08394>_.
7He layeth up <06845> (8799) (8675) <06845> (8804) sound wisdom <08454> for the righteous <03477>_: [he is] a buckler <04043> to them that walk <01980> (8802) uprightly <08537>_.
8He keepeth <05341> (8800) the paths <0734> of judgment <04941>_, and preserveth <08104> (8799) the way <01870> of his saints <02623>_.
9Then shalt thou understand <0995> (8799) righteousness <06664>_, and judgment <04941>_, and equity <04339>_; [yea], every good <02896> path <04570>_.
10When wisdom <02451> entereth <0935> (8799) into thine heart <03820>_, and knowledge <01847> is pleasant <05276> (8799) unto thy soul <05315>_;
11Discretion <04209> shall preserve <08104> (8799) thee, understanding <08394> shall keep <05341> (8799) thee:
12To deliver <05337> (8687) thee from the way <01870> of the evil <07451> [man], from the man <0376> that speaketh <01696> (8764) froward things <08419>_;
13Who leave <05800> (8802) the paths <0734> of uprightness <03476>_, to walk <03212> (8800) in the ways <01870> of darkness <02822>_;
14Who rejoice <08056> to do <06213> (8800) evil <07451>_, [and] delight <01523> (8799) in the frowardness <08419> of the wicked <07451>_;
15Whose ways <0734> [are] crooked <06141>_, and [they] froward <03868> (8737) in their paths <04570>_:
16To deliver <05337> (8687) thee from the strange <02114> (8801) woman <0802>_, [even] from the stranger <05237> [which] flattereth <02505> (8689) with her words <0561>_;
17Which forsaketh <05800> (8802) the guide <0441> of her youth <05271>_, and forgetteth <07911> (8804) the covenant <01285> of her God <0430>_.
18For her house <01004> inclineth <07743> (8804) unto death <04194>_, and her paths <04570> unto the dead <07496>_.
19None that go <0935> (8802) unto her return again <07725> (8799)_, neither take they hold <05381> (8686) of the paths <0734> of life <02416>_.
20That thou mayest walk <03212> (8799) in the way <01870> of good <02896> [men], and keep <08104> (8799) the paths <0734> of the righteous <06662>_.
21For the upright <03477> shall dwell <07931> (8799) in the land <0776>_, and the perfect <08549> shall remain <03498> (8735) in it.
22But the wicked <07563> shall be cut off <03772> (8735) from the earth <0776>_, and the transgressors <0898> (8802) shall be rooted out <05255> (8799) of it. {rooted: or, plucked up}