Proverbs 2
2
Good Things Come From Wisdom
1My son, accept my words.
Store up my commands inside you.
2Let your ears listen to wisdom.
Apply your heart to understanding.
3Call out for the ability to be wise.
Cry out for understanding.
4Look for it as you would look for silver.
Search for it as you would search for hidden treasure.
5Then you will understand how to have respect for the Lord.
You will find out how to know God.
6The Lord gives wisdom.
Knowledge and understanding come from his mouth.
7He stores up success for honest people.
He is like a shield to those who live without blame.
8He guards the path of those who are honest.
He watches over the way of his faithful ones.
9You will understand what is right and honest and fair.
You will understand the right way to live.
10Your heart will become wise.
Your mind will delight in knowledge.
11Good sense will keep you safe.
Understanding will guard you.
12Wisdom will save you from the ways of evil men.
It will save you from men who twist their words.
13Men like that have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways.
14They take delight in doing what is wrong.
They take joy in twisting everything around.
15Their paths are crooked.
Their ways are not straight.
16Wisdom will save you from a woman who commits adultery.
It will save you from a sinful woman and her tempting words.
17She has left the man she married when she was young.
She has broken the promise she made in front of God.
18Surely her house leads down to death.
Her paths lead to the spirits of the dead.
19No one who goes to her comes back
or reaches the paths of life.
20You will walk in the ways of good people.
You will follow the paths of those who do right.
21Honest people will live in the land.
Those who are without blame will remain in it.
22But sinners will be cut off from the land.
Those who aren’t faithful will be torn away from it.
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Proverbs 2
2
The Pursuit of Wisdom Brings Security
1My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,
2So that your ear is attentive to [skillful and godly] wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding [seeking it conscientiously and striving for it eagerly];
3Yes, if you cry out for insight,
And lift up your voice for understanding;
4If you seek skillful and godly wisdom as you would silver
And search for her as you would hidden treasures;
5Then you will understand the [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome]
And discover the knowledge of God. [Prov 1:7]
6For the Lord gives [skillful and godly] wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7He stores away sound wisdom for the righteous [those who are in right standing with Him];
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity [those of honorable character and moral courage],
8He guards the paths of justice;
And He preserves the way of His saints (believers). [1 Sam 2:9; Ps 66:8, 9]
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice [in every circumstance]
And integrity and every good path.
10For [skillful and godly] wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11Discretion will watch over you,
Understanding and discernment will guard you,
12To keep you from the way of evil and the evil man,
From the man who speaks perverse things;
13From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;
14Who find joy in doing evil
And delight in the perversity of evil,
15Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
16To keep you from the immoral woman;
From the seductress with her flattering words, [Prov 2:11]
17Who leaves the companion (husband) of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.
18For her house leads down to death
And her paths lead to the dead;
19None who go to her return again,
Nor do they regain the paths of life—
20So you will walk in the way of good men [that is, those of personal integrity, moral courage and honorable character],
And keep to the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright [those who are in right standing with God] will live in the land
And those [of integrity] who are blameless [in God’s sight] will remain in it;
22But the wicked will be cut off from the land
And the treacherous shall be [forcibly] uprooted and removed from it.
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