2 u My son, v if you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you,
2 making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
3 yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice w for understanding,
4 if you seek it like x silver
and search for it as for y hidden treasures,
5 then z you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
6 For a the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
18 Open my eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of your law.
6 s These were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town.
8 the sons of Parosh, 2,172.
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