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15 If you think it’s the wrong thing for you to serve the Lord, then choose for yourselves today whom you will serve—the gods whom your ancestors served on the other side of the Euphrates[a] River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose territories you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

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  1. Joshua 24:15 The Heb. lacks Euphrates

The Benefits of Embracing Wisdom

My son, if you accept my words,
and treasure my instructions[a]
making your ear attentive to wisdom,
    and turning your heart to understanding—
if, indeed, you call out for insight
    and raise your voice for understanding,
if you seek it like silver
    and search for it like hidden treasure,
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and learn to know God.

For the Lord gives wisdom,
    and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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  1. Proverbs 2:1 Lit. instructions within you