Proverbs 2
2
The Pursuit of Wisdom Brings Security
1My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,
2Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
3For if you cry for discernment,
Lift your voice for understanding;
4If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5Then you will discern the fear of the Lord
And discover the knowledge of God.
6For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8Guarding the paths of justice,
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
9Then you will discern righteousness and justice
And equity and every good course.
10For wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11Discretion will guard you,
Understanding will watch over you,
12To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things;
13From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;
14Who delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
15Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
16To deliver you from the strange woman,
From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
17That leaves the companion of her youth
And forgets the covenant of her God;
18For her house sinks down to death
And her tracks lead to the dead;
19None who go to her return again,
Nor do they reach the paths of life.
20So you will walk in the way of good men
And keep to the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright will live in the land
And the blameless will remain in it;
22But the wicked will be cut off from the land
And the treacherous will be uprooted from it.
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Proverbs 2
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The Value of Wisdom
1My son, if you receive my words,
And #(Prov. 4:21)treasure my commands within you,
2So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;
3Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
4#(Prov. 3:14)If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5#(James 1:5, 6)Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.
6#1 Kin. 3:9, 12; (Job 32:8; James 1:5)For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
#(Ps. 84:11); Prov. 30:5He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
8He guards the paths of justice,
And #(1 Sam. 2:9); Ps. 66:9preserves the way of His saints.
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice,
Equity and every good path.
10When wisdom enters your heart,
And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
11Discretion will preserve you;
#Prov. 4:6; 6:22Understanding will keep you,
12To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things,
13From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To #Ps. 82:5; Prov. 4:19; (John 3:19, 20)walk in the ways of darkness;
14#Prov. 10:23; Jer. 11:15; (Rom. 1:32)Who rejoice in doing evil,
And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
15#Ps. 125:5; (Prov. 21:8)Whose ways are crooked,
And who are devious in their paths;
16To deliver you from #Prov. 5:20; 6:24; 7:5the immoral woman,
#Prov. 5:3From the seductress who flatters with her words,
17Who forsakes the companion of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.
18For #Prov. 7:27her house leads down to death,
And her paths to the dead;
19None who go to her return,
Nor do they regain the paths of life—
20So you may walk in the way of goodness,
And keep to the paths of righteousness.
21For the upright will dwell in the #Ps. 37:3land,
And the blameless will remain in it;
22But the wicked will be cut off from the earth,
And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.
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