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Understanding What is Ethically and Morally Right and What is Wrong Proverbs 2:9 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good course;
God Gives Wisdom to His Holy Ones Proverbs 2:6-8 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 6 For Jehovah gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; 7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, 8 guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his holy ones.
Carrying Out the “If You” Conditions Proverbs 2:5 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 5 then you will understand the fear of Jehovah and find the knowledge of God.
Seeking and Searching Proverbs 2:4 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 4 if you keep seeking her like silver and searching for her as for hidden treasures,
Having Insight, Good Sense, or Wisdom to Apply God's Word Correctly Proverbs 2:3 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 3 For if you cry for discernment and raise your voice for understanding,
Requirements That Must Exist Proverbs 2:1-2 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 1 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, 2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to discernment;
Devoting Ourselves to the Pursuit of Wisdom Proverbs 1:32-33 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 32 For the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them, and the complacency of fools destroys them; 33 “But he who listens to me shall dwell securely and he will live, without the dread of disaster.”
They Shall Reap What They Sow Proverbs 1:31 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and be glutted with their own schemes.
They Could Have Found the Knowledge of God Proverbs 1:29-30 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of Jehovah, 30 they would not accept my counsel and despised all my reproof,
Search for God Before It Is Too Late Proverbs 1:26-28 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you, 27 when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. 28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.