Proverb 2.1. My son, if you will take my words and hide my commandments with you, 2. so that you incline your ear to wisdom, applying your heart to understanding, 3. and if you cry after intelligence and lift up your voice for understanding, 4. if you seek it as silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, 5. then you will understand the reverence of the LORD* and find the knowledge of God. 6. For the LORD* gives wisdom: out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding. 7. He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. 8. He keeps the paths of judgment and preserves the Way of His pious ones. 9. Then you will understand righteousness and judgment and equity, every good path.