Holy Scripture
Proverbs 2:11
A church father on this verse
“We read in sacred Scripture, dearly beloved, that holy counsel should keep those who are solicitous for their soul's salvation, as the divine Word puts it: "Holy counsel shall keep you." If holy counsel keeps a soul, that which is unholy not only fails to keep it but even kills it. Perhaps someone says, Who can always…”
Source: Septuagint
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11Good counsel shall guard thee, And holy understanding shall keep thee;
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In context
9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment; And shalt direct all thy course aright.
10For if wisdom shall come into thine understanding, And discernment shall seem pleasing to thy soul,
— Proverbs 2:11 —
12To deliver thee from the evil way, And from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.
13Alas for those who forsake right paths, To walk in ways of darkness;