20:001:028 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 20:001:029 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 20:001:030 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. 20:001:031 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 20:001:032 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 20:001:033 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. 20:002:001 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 20:002:002 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 20:002:003 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 20:002:004 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 20:002:005 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 20:002:006 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. 20:002:007 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. 20:002:008 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. 20:002:009 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. 20:002:010 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 20:002:011 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 20:002:012 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 20:002:013 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 20:002:014 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 20:002:015 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 20:002:016 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; 20:002:017 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. 20:002:018 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 20:002:019 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. 20:002:020 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. 20:002:021 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 20:002:022 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. 20:003:001 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: