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
The Benefit of Wisdom
1My son,
if you take my words ⌞to heart⌟
and treasure my commands within you,
2if you pay close attention to wisdom,
and let your mind reach for understanding,
3if indeed you call out for insight,
if you ask aloud for understanding,
4if you search for wisdom as if it were money
and hunt for it as if it were hidden treasure,
5then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and you will find the knowledge of God.
6The Lord gives wisdom.
From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7He has reserved priceless wisdom for decent people.
He is a shield for those who walk in integrity
8in order to guard those on paths of justice
and to watch over the way of his godly ones.
9Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—
every good course ⌞in life⌟.
10Wisdom will come into your heart.
Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11Foresight will protect you.
Understanding will guard you.
12 ⌞Wisdom will⌟ save you
from the way of evil,
from the person who speaks devious things,
13from those who abandon the paths of righteousness
to walk the ways of darkness,
14from those who enjoy doing evil,
from those who find joy in the deviousness of evil.
15Their paths are crooked.
Their ways are devious.
16 ⌞Wisdom will⌟ also save you
from an adulterous woman,
from a loose woman with her smooth talk,
17who leaves ⌞her husband,⌟ the closest friend of her youth,
and forgets her marriage vows to her God.
18Her house sinks down to death.
Her ways lead to the souls of the dead.
19None who have sex with her come back.
Nor do they ever reach the paths of life.
20So walk in the way of good people
and stay on the paths of righteous people.
21Decent people will live in the land.
People of integrity will remain in it.
22But wicked people will be cut off from the land
and treacherous people will be torn #2:22 Or “will be swept away.” from it.
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