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Proverbs Chapter 2

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In chapter 2 the author urges the young man to seek wisdom from the Lord, warning that those who reject it will fall into trouble. He contrasts the path of wisdom with the way of folly, emphasizing that knowledge leads to life and safety.

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(1) My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
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Proverbs 1:3Proverbs 4:1Proverbs 7:1John 12:47John 12:48I Timothy 1:15Proverbs 3:1Proverbs 4:20Proverbs 4:21Proverbs 4:22Proverbs 6:21Deuteronomy 6:6

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Exodus 15:26II Kings 8:12Zephaniah 3:7I Kings 11:38Psalms 13:1

(2) So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
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Proverbs 18:1Psalms 119:111Psalms 119:112Isaiah 55:3Matthew 13:9Proverbs 22:17Proverbs 22:18Proverbs 22:19Proverbs 22:20Proverbs 22:21Proverbs 23:12Psalms 90:12

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Proverbs 5:1Deuteronomy 4:6I Kings 4:30Proverbs 4:7Proverbs 10:13Daniel 5:11

(3) Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
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Proverbs 3:6Proverbs 8:17I Kings 3:9I Kings 3:10I Kings 3:11I Kings 3:12I Chronicles 22:12Psalms 25:4Psalms 25:5Psalms 119:34Psalms 119:73Psalms 119:125

(4) If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
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Proverbs 3:14Proverbs 3:15Proverbs 8:18Proverbs 8:19Proverbs 16:16Proverbs 23:23Psalms 19:10Psalms 119:14Psalms 119:72Psalms 119:127Matthew 6:19Matthew 6:20

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Joshua 7:21II Kings 7:8Exodus 38:17I Kings 15:18

(5) Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
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II Chronicles 1:10II Chronicles 1:11II Chronicles 1:12Hosea 6:3Matthew 7:7Matthew 7:8Luke 11:9Luke 11:10Luke 11:11Luke 11:12Luke 11:13Proverbs 9:10

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Ecclesiastes 8:17

(6) For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
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Exodus 31:3I Kings 3:9I Kings 3:12I Kings 4:29I Chronicles 22:12Job 32:8Isaiah 54:13Daniel 1:17Daniel 2:21Daniel 2:23Luke 21:15John 6:45

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Ecclesiastes 2:26Ecclesiastes 7:12Daniel 2:21Exodus 31:3Exodus 35:31Proverbs 9:10

(7) He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
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Proverbs 8:14Proverbs 14:8Job 28:8I Corinthians 1:19I Corinthians 1:24I Corinthians 1:30I Corinthians 2:6I Corinthians 2:7I Corinthians 3:18I Corinthians 3:19Colossians 2:3II Timothy 3:15

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Isaiah 57:1Matthew 10:41I Kings 4:30

(8) He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
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Proverbs 8:20Psalms 1:6Psalms 23:3Psalms 121:5Psalms 121:6Psalms 121:7Psalms 121:8Isaiah 35:9Isaiah 49:9Isaiah 49:10John 10:28John 10:29

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Daniel 7:22

(9) Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
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Proverbs 1:2Proverbs 1:3Proverbs 1:4Proverbs 1:5Proverbs 1:6Psalms 25:8Psalms 25:9Psalms 32:8Psalms 119:99Psalms 119:105Psalms 143:8Psalms 143:9

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Psalms 99:4Proverbs 28:5Jeremiah 33:15Romans 9:30Romans 10:3

(10) When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
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Proverbs 18:1Proverbs 18:2Proverbs 24:13Proverbs 24:14Job 23:12Psalms 19:10Psalms 104:34Psalms 119:97Psalms 119:103Psalms 119:111Psalms 119:162Jeremiah 15:16

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Ecclesiastes 1:16Ecclesiastes 7:12I Kings 4:30

(11) Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
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Proverbs 4:6Proverbs 6:22Proverbs 6:23Proverbs 6:24Psalms 25:21Psalms 119:9Psalms 119:10Psalms 119:11Ecclesiastes 9:15Ecclesiastes 9:16Ecclesiastes 9:17Ecclesiastes 9:18

(12) To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
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Proverbs 1:10Proverbs 1:11Proverbs 1:12Proverbs 1:13Proverbs 1:14Proverbs 1:15Proverbs 1:16Proverbs 1:17Proverbs 1:18Proverbs 1:19Proverbs 4:14Proverbs 4:15

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I Corinthians 14:2

(13) Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
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Proverbs 21:16Psalms 14:3Psalms 36:3Ezekiel 18:26Ezekiel 33:12Ezekiel 33:13Zephaniah 1:6Matthew 12:43Matthew 12:44Matthew 12:45II Timothy 4:10Hebrews 6:4

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Jeremiah 6:16Jeremiah 18:15Job 10:22Matthew 6:23John 12:35I John 2:11

(14) Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
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Proverbs 10:23Jeremiah 11:15Habakkuk 1:15Zephaniah 3:11I Corinthians 13:6Hosea 7:3Luke 22:4Luke 22:5Romans 1:32

(15) Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
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Deuteronomy 32:5Psalms 125:5Isaiah 30:8Isaiah 30:9Isaiah 30:10Isaiah 30:11Isaiah 30:12Isaiah 30:13Isaiah 59:8Philippians 2:15

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I Samuel 12:3Psalms 84:5Daniel 5:23Philippians 3:19Proverbs 3:17Jeremiah 18:15

(16) To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
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Proverbs 5:3Proverbs 5:4Proverbs 5:5Proverbs 5:6Proverbs 5:7Proverbs 5:8Proverbs 5:9Proverbs 5:10Proverbs 5:11Proverbs 5:12Proverbs 5:13Proverbs 5:14

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Proverbs 7:5

(17) Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
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Proverbs 5:18Jeremiah 3:4Ezekiel 16:8Ezekiel 16:59Ezekiel 16:60Malachi 2:14Malachi 2:15Malachi 2:16

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Leviticus 26:42II Kings 23:3Ezekiel 16:60

(18) For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
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Proverbs 5:4Proverbs 5:5Proverbs 5:6Proverbs 5:7Proverbs 5:8Proverbs 5:9Proverbs 5:10Proverbs 5:11Proverbs 5:12Proverbs 5:13Proverbs 5:14Proverbs 6:26

(19) None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
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Psalms 81:12Ecclesiastes 7:26Jeremiah 13:23Hosea 4:14Matthew 19:24Matthew 19:25Matthew 19:26Proverbs 4:18Hebrews 6:18

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Song of Solomon 6:13Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 16:55Malachi 3:7

(20) That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
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Proverbs 13:20Psalms 119:63Psalms 119:115Song of Solomon 1:7Song of Solomon 1:8Jeremiah 6:16Hebrews 6:12III John 1:11

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Deuteronomy 30:20Revelation 3:18Matthew 10:41Jeremiah 6:16Jeremiah 18:15

(21) For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
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Job 1:1Job 42:12Psalms 37:3Psalms 37:9Psalms 37:11Psalms 37:22Psalms 37:29Psalms 84:11Psalms 112:4Psalms 112:5Psalms 112:6

(22) But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
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Proverbs 5:22Proverbs 5:23Job 18:16Job 18:17Job 18:18Job 21:30Psalms 37:20Psalms 37:22Psalms 37:28Psalms 37:37Psalms 37:38Psalms 52:5

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