wisdom promises godliness to her children,1-9; and safety from
evil company, 10-19; and direction in good ways, 20-22;
if 1:7 4:1 7:1 Joh 12:47,48 1Ti 1:15

hide 3:1 4:20-22 6:21 De 6:6-9 Job 23:12 Ps 119:9-11 Mt 13:44 Lu 2:19,51 9:44

2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

thou 18:1 Ps 119:111,112 Isa 55:3 Mt 13:9

apply Ps 22:17-21 25:12 90:12 Ec 7:25 8:9,16 Ac 17:11

3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

if 3:6 8:17 1Ki 3:9-12 1Ch 22:12 Ps 25:4,5 119:34,73,125,169 Lu 11:13 Eph 1:17,18 Jas 1:5

liftest up thy voice

4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

thou 3:14,15 8:18,19 16:16 23:23 Ps 19:10 119:14,72,127 Mt 6:19-21 13:44 19:21,22,29

searchest Job 28:12-20 Ec 4:8 Lu 16:8

5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

shalt 2Ch 1:10-12 Ho 6:3 Mt 7:7,8 Lu 11:9-13

the fear 9:10 Job 28:28 Jer 32:40,41

find Jer 9:24 24:7 31:34 Mt 11:27 Lu 10:22 Joh 17:3 1Jo 5:20

6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

the lord Ex 31:3 1Ki 3:9,12 4:29 1Ch 22:12 Job 32:8 Isa 54:13 Da 1:17 2:23,23 Lu 21:15 Joh 6:45 Eph 1:17,18 Jas 1:5,17

out 6:23 8:5-9 Ps 19:7 119:98,104 Isa 8:20

7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

layeth 8:14 14:8 Job 28:8 1Co 1:19,24,30 2:6,7 3:18,19 Col 2:3 2Ti 3:16-17 Jas 3:15-17

a buckler 28:18 30:5 Ps 84:11 144:2

8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

keepeth 8:20 Ps 1:6 23:3 121:5-8 Isa 35:9 49:9,10 Joh 10:28,29

and 3:21-24 De 33:3,26-29 1Sa 2:9 Ps 37:23,24,28,31 66:9 Ps 145:20 Jer 32:40,41 1Pe 1:5 Jude 1:24

9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

1:2-6 Ps 25:8,9 32:8 119:99,105 143:8-10 Isa 35:8 48:17 Jer 6:16 Mt 7:13,14 Joh 14:6

10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

18:1,2; 24:13,14; job 23:12; ps 19:10; 104:34; Ps 119:97,103,111,162 Jer 15:16 Col 3:16

11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

4:6 6:22-24 Ps 25:21 119:9-11 Ec 9:15-18 10:10 Eph 5:15

12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

deliver 1:10-19 4:14-17 9:6 13:20 Ps 17:4,5 26:4,5 141:4 2Co 6:17

from the man 3:32 8:13 16:28-30 Ps 101:4 Isa 59:3-5 Ac 20:30 1Co 15:33

13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

leave 21:16 Ps 14:3 Eze 18:26 33:12,13 Zep 1:6 Mt 12:43-45 2Ti 4:10 Heb 6:4-6 2Pe 2:20-22 1Jo 2:19

walk 4:19 Job 24:13-16 Joh 3:19,20 12:35 Ro 1:21 1Th 5:5-7 Joh 1:6 2:9-11

14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

rejoice 10:23 Jer 11:15 Hab 1:15 Zep 3:11 1Co 13:6

and Ho 7:3 Lu 22:4,5 Ro 1:32

15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

De 32:5 Ps 125:5 Isa 30:8-13 59:8 Php 2:15

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

deliver 5:3-20 6:24 7:5-23 22:14 23:27 Ge 39:3-12 Ne 13:26,27 Ec 7:26

flattereth 7:21 29:5

17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

the guide 5:18 Jer 3:4

forgetteth Eze 16:8,59,60 Mal 2:14-16

18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

5:4-14 6:26-35 7:22-27 9:18 1Co 6:9-11 Ga 5:19-21 Eph 5:5 Re 21:8 22:5

19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

none Ps 81:12 Ec 7:26 Jer 13:23 Ho 4:14 Mt 19:24-26

take 4:18 Heb 6:18

20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

13:20 Ps 119:63,115 So 1:7,8 Jer 6:16 Heb 6:12 3Jo 1:11

21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

Job 1:1 42:12 Ps 37:3,9,11,22,29 84:11 112:4-6

22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

the wicked 5:22,23 Job 18:16-18 21:30 Ps 37:20,22,28,37,38 52:5 Ps 104:35 145:20 Isa 3:10,11

rooted De 7:22 28:64