Verse 9
Proverbs 2:9
Free Bible Version
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Good decisions will keep you on track; thinking logically will keep you safe.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין צֶ֣דֶק וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝/מֵישָׁרִ֗ים כָּל מַעְגַּל טֽוֹב
English Translation
Then you will understand righteousness and justice and uprightness, every good path.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 2 Context
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My son, if you accept what I say and value my instructions,
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if you pay attention to wisdom and really try to understand;
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if you cry out for insight and call loudly for help in understanding;
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if you look for it as if it were silver and search for it as if it were hidden treasure;
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The Lord is the source of wisdom; what he says provides knowledge that makes sense.
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He gives good judgment to those who live right; he defends those who have good sense.
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Then you will be able to recognize what is right and just and fair, in fact all that is good in the...
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For wisdom will fill your mind, and knowledge will make you happy.
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Good decisions will keep you on track; thinking logically will keep you safe.
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Doing this will save you from the ways of evil, from men who tell twisted lies,
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They happily do wrong; they love how twisted evil is.
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Doing this will also save you from a woman who acts immorally, from a woman who like a prostitute tr...
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Such a woman has left her husband she married when she was young, forgetting the promises she made b...
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What happens in her house leads to death; following her way leads to the grave.
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No one who goes to her comes back; they don't ever find the way back to life again.
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So you should follow the way of the good, and make sure you stay on the paths of those who do right.
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For only people who live right will live in the land; only honest people will remain there.
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But the wicked will be thrown out of the land; those who are untrustworthy will be pulled out by the...
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