Benefits of Seeking Wisdom⁹⁴

2:1 My child,¹ if you receive my words
and store up² my commands within you,
2:2 making your ear³ attentive⁴ to wisdom,
turning⁵ your heart⁶ to understanding;
2:3 indeed, if⁷ you call for⁸ understanding⁹
and¹⁰ lift your voice¹¹ for understanding,
2:4 if you look for it¹² as silver¹³
and search for it¹⁴ as hidden treasure,
2:5 then you will understand¹⁵ the fear of the LORD
and find the knowledge of God.¹⁶
2:6 For¹⁷ the LORD gives¹⁸ wisdom,
and from His mouth¹⁹ come²⁰ knowledge and understanding.
2:7 He stores up²¹ sound wisdom²² for the upright,²³
and is a shield²⁴ for those who walk in integrity,²⁵
2:8 to guard²⁶ the ways of the just,²⁷
and protect the way of His pious ones.²⁸
2:9 Then you will understand²⁹ righteousness and justice
and equity—every good way.³⁰
2:10 For wisdom will enter your heart,³¹
and knowledge will be pleasant³² to your soul.
2:11 Discretion³³ will protect you,
understanding will guard you;
2:12 to deliver³⁴ you from the way of the wicked,³⁵
from those³⁶ speaking perverse things,³⁷
2:13 who leave³⁸ the paths of uprightness³⁹
to walk in the ways of darkness,⁴⁰
2:14 who delight in doing⁴¹ evil,⁴²
they rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
2:15 whose paths⁴³ are crooked⁴⁴
and who are devious in their ways;
2:16 to deliver you⁴⁵ from the adulteress,⁴⁶
from the loose woman⁴⁷ who uses flattering words,⁴⁸
2:17 who leaves⁴⁹ the companion⁵⁰ of her youth⁵¹
and forgets the covenant made before her God.⁵²
2:18 For she sinks down to death, which is her house,⁵³
and her paths lead to the spirits of the dead.⁵⁴
2:19 None who go in⁵⁵ to her will return,
neither will they attain the paths of life.
2:20 Thus⁵⁶ you will walk in the way of good people⁵⁷
and will keep the ways of the righteous.
2:21 For the upright will live in the land,
and the blameless⁵⁸ will remain in it;
2:22 but the wicked⁵⁹ will be cut off⁶⁰ from the land,
and the unfaithful⁶¹ will be torn⁶² from it.