Proverbs 2
2
The Value of Wisdom
1#Pr 3:1; 4:1 My son, if you will receive my words,
and hide my commandments within you,
2so that you incline your ear to wisdom,
and apply your heart to understanding;
3yes, if you cry out for knowledge,
and lift up your voice for understanding,
4#Mt 13:44; Job 3:21 if you seek her as silver,
and search for her as for hidden treasures,
5then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
and find the knowledge of God.
6#1Ki 3:12; Job 32:8 For the Lord gives wisdom;
out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7#Ps 84:11; Pr 30:5 He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous;
He is a shield to those who walk uprightly.
8#1Sa 2:9; Ps 66:9 He keeps the paths of justice,
and preserves the way of His saints.
9Then you will understand righteousness and judgment
and equity, and every good path.
10When wisdom enters your heart,
and knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
11#Pr 4:6 discretion will preserve you;
understanding will keep you,
12to deliver you from the way of the evil man,
from the man who speaks perverse things,
13#Pr 4:19; Jn 3:19–20 from those who leave the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness;
14#Pr 10:23; Jer 11:15 who rejoice to do evil,
and delight in the perversity of the wicked;
15#Ps 125:5; Pr 21:8 whose ways are crooked,
and who are devious in their paths;
16#Pr 6:24; 23:27; 7:5–23 to deliver you from the immoral woman,
even from the seductress who flatters with her words,
17#Jer 3:4 who forsakes the guide of her youth,
and forgets the covenant of her God.
18For her house leads down to death,
and her paths to the departed spirits;
19#Ecc 7:26 none who go to her return again,
nor do they take hold of the paths of life.
20#Heb 6:12 So you may walk in the way of good men
and keep the paths of the righteous.
21#Ps 37:29; 37:9 For the upright will dwell in the land,
and the innocent will remain in it;
22#Ps 52:5 but the wicked will be cut off from the earth,
and the transgressors will be rooted out of it.
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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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