微读圣经

1My son, if you accept my words2:1 Pr 4:10

and store up my commands within you,

2listening closely2:2 Lit you, stretching out your ear to wisdom

and directing your heart to understanding;

3furthermore, if you call out to insight

and lift your voice to understanding,

4if you seek it like silver

and search for it like hidden treasure,2:4 Jb 3:21; Mt 13:44

5then you will understand the fear of the Lord

and discover the knowledge of God.

6For the Lord gives wisdom;

from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.2:6 Jb 32:8

7He stores up success2:7 Or resourcefulness for the upright;

He is a shield for those who live with integrity2:7 Ps 84:11; Pr 10:9; 20:7; 28:18; 30:5

8so that he may guard the paths of justice

and protect the way of his faithful followers.2:8 1Sm 2:9; Ps 66:9

9Then you will understand righteousness, justice,

and integrity — every good path.

10For wisdom will enter your heart,

and knowledge will delight you.

11Discretion will watch over you,

and understanding will guard you.2:11 Pr 4:6; 6:22

12It will rescue you from the way of evil —

from anyone who says perverse things,

13from those who abandon the right paths

to walk in ways of darkness,2:11–13 Ps 82:5; Pr 15:19; 16:17; Jn 3:19,20

14from those who enjoy doing evil2:14 Pr 10:23

and celebrate perversion,

15whose paths are crooked,2:15 Ps 125:5; Pr 21:8

and whose ways are devious.2:15 Pr 3:32; 14:2

16It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,2:16 Pr 9:13–18

from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,2:16 Pr 5:3,20; 6:24; 7:5,21; 23:27

17who abandons the companion of her youth2:17 Mal 2:14–15

and forgets the covenant of her God;

18for her house sinks down to death

and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.2:18 Pr 7:27; 9:18; 21:16

19None return who go to her;

none reach the paths of life.2:16–19 Ps 16:11; Pr 5:6; 7:5,21–27; 23:27–28; Ec 7:26

20So follow the way of the good,2:20 Heb 6:12

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

21For the upright will inhabit the land,

and those of integrity will remain in it;2:21 Pr 10:30; Mt 5:5–6

22but the wicked will be cut off from the land,2:22 Ps 37:38

and the treacherous ripped out of it.2:22 Dt 28:63; Ps 52:5

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