Proverbs 2
2
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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Proverbs 2
2
The Value of Wisdom
1My child, if you accept my words
and treasure up my commandments within you,
2making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
3if you indeed cry out for insight,
and raise your voice for understanding;
4if you seek it like silver,
and search for it as for hidden treasures—
5then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find 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 blamelessly,
8guarding the paths of justice
and preserving the way of his faithful ones.
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path;
10for wisdom will come into your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11prudence will watch over you;
and understanding will guard you.
12It will save you from the way of evil,
from those who speak perversely,
13who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,
14who rejoice in doing evil
and delight in the perverseness of evil;
15those whose paths are crooked,
and who are devious in their ways.
16You will be saved from the loose#2.16 Heb strange woman,
from the adulteress with her smooth words,
17who forsakes the partner of her youth
and forgets her sacred covenant;
18for her way#2.18 Cn: Heb house leads down to death,
and her paths to the shades;
19those who go to her never come back,
nor do they regain the paths of life.
20Therefore walk in the way of the good,
and keep to the paths of the just.
21For the upright will abide in the land,
and the innocent will remain in it;
22but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
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