Proverbs 2:7 - 2:22

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He stores up sound wisdom for the upright,

A shield to those who walk in integrity,

To guard the paths of justice,

And He keeps the way of His holy ones.

Then you will understand righteousness and justice

And equity—every good track.

For wisdom will enter your heart

And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

Discretion will keep you,

Discernment will guard you,

To deliver you from the way of evil,

From the man who speaks perverse things;

From those who forsake the paths of uprightness

To walk in the ways of darkness;

Who are glad to do evil

And they rejoice in the perversity of evil;

Whose paths are crooked,

And who are devious in their tracks;

To deliver you from the strange woman,

From the foreign woman who flatters with her words;

Who forsakes the close companion of her youth

And forgets the covenant of her God;

For her house sinks down to death

And her tracks descend to the dead;

All who go to her will not return,

And they will not reach the paths of life.

So that you will walk in the way of good men

And keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the upright will dwell in the land

And the blameless will remain in it;

But the wicked will be cut off from the land

And the treacherous will be torn away from it.

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Proverbs 6:20 - 6:24

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Warning Against Adultery

My son, observe the commandment of your father

And do not abandon the law of your mother;

Bind them continually on your heart;

Tie them around your neck.

When you walk about, they will lead you;

When you sleep, they will keep watch over you;

And when you awake, they will speak to you.

For the commandment is a lamp and the law is light;

And reproofs for discipline are the way of life

To keep you from the evil woman,

From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

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Proverbs 7:1 - 7:5

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The Adulteress’ Trap

My son, keep my words

And treasure my commandments within you.

Keep my commandments and live,

And my law as the apple of your eye.

Bind them on your fingers;

Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

And call understanding your intimate friend;

In order to keep you from the strange woman,

From the foreign woman who flatters with her words.

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Proverbs 10:19

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When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable,

But he who holds back his lips has insight.

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Proverbs 14:3

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In the mouth of the ignorant fool is a rod of lofty pride,

But the lips of the wise will keep them.

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Proverbs 18:10

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The name of Yahweh is a strong tower;

The righteous runs into it and is set securely on high.

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Proverbs 21:23

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He who keeps his mouth and his tongue,

Keeps his soul from troubles.

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Proverbs 22:5

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Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;

He who keeps his soul will be far from them.

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Proverbs 22:24 - 22:25

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Do not befriend a man of anger;

And do not come along with a man of great wrath,

Lest you learn his ways

And take on a snare against your soul.

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