| New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, | 1My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you, |
| 2So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding; | 2Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding; |
| 3Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, | 3For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding; |
| 4If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures; | 4If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures; |
| 5Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God. | 5Then you will discern the fear of the LORD And discover the knowledge of God. |
| 6For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding; | 6For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. |
| 7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly; | 7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, |
| 8He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints. | 8Guarding the paths of justice, And He preserves the way of His godly ones. |
| 9Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path. | 9Then you will discern righteousness and justice And equity and every good course. |
| 10When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul, | 10For wisdom will enter your heart And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; |
| 11Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you, | 11Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you, |
| 12To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things, | 12To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things; |
| 13From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; | 13From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; |
| 14Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perversity of the wicked; | 14Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil; |
| 15Whose ways are crooked, And who are devious in their paths; | 15Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways; |
| 16To deliver you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words, | 16To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words; |
| 17Who forsakes the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God. | 17That leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God; |
| 18For her house leads down to death, And her paths to the dead; | 18For her house sinks down to death And her tracks lead to the dead; |
| 19None who go to her return, Nor do they regain the paths of life— | 19None who go to her return again, Nor do they reach the paths of life. |
| 20So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness. | 20So you will walk in the way of good men And keep to the paths of the righteous. |
| 21For the upright will dwell in the land, And the blameless will remain in it; | 21For the upright will live in the land And the blameless will remain in it; |
| 22But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it. | 22But the wicked will be cut off from the land And the treacherous will be uprooted from it. |
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