1	My son, if thou wilt receive# my words, and hide# my commandments with thee;
			2	So that thou incline# thine ear unto wisdom, and apply# thine heart to understanding;
			3	Yea, if thou criest# after knowledge, and liftest up# thy voice for understanding; [liftest...: Heb. givest thy voice]
			4	If thou seekest# her as silver, and searchest# for her as for hid treasures;
			5	Then shalt thou understand# the fear of the LORD, and find# the knowledge of God.
			6	For the LORD giveth# wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
			7	He layeth up# # # # sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk# uprightly.
			8	He keepeth# the paths of judgment, and preserveth# the way of his saints.
			9	Then shalt thou understand# righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea , every good path.
			10	When wisdom entereth# into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant# unto thy soul;
			11	Discretion shall preserve# thee, understanding shall keep# thee:
			12	To deliver# thee from the way of the evil man , from the man that speaketh# froward things;
			13	Who leave# the paths of uprightness, to walk# in the ways of darkness;
			14	Who rejoice to do# evil, and delight# in the frowardness of the wicked;
			15	Whose ways are crooked, and they froward# in their paths:
			16	To deliver# thee from the strange# woman, even from the stranger which flattereth# with her words;
			17	Which forsaketh# the guide of her youth, and forgetteth# the covenant of her God.
			18	For her house inclineth# unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
			19	None that go# unto her return again# , neither take they hold# of the paths of life.
			20	That thou mayest walk# in the way of good men , and keep# the paths of the righteous.
			21	For the upright shall dwell# in the land, and the perfect shall remain# in it.
			22	But the wicked shall be cut off# from the earth, and the transgressors# shall be rooted out# of it. [rooted: or, plucked up]