Proverbs 2

¹My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; ²So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding; ³Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; ⁴If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

¹My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

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

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

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

⁵Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.

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

⁶For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:

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

⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to them that walk in integrity; ⁸That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.

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

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

⁹Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, yea, every good path.

¹⁰For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

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

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

¹¹Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee: ¹²To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

¹¹Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

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

¹³Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness; ¹⁴Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil; ¹⁵Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths: ¹⁶To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

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

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

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

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

¹⁷That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God: ¹⁸For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead; ¹⁹None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life: ²⁰That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

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

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

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

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

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

²²But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

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

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