Mishle 2
2
1Beni (my son), if thou wilt receive my words, and treasure my mitzvot with thee;
2So that thou incline thine ear unto chochmah, and apply thine lev to tevunah (understanding);
3Yea, if thou criest out after binah, and liftest up thy voice for tevunah (understanding),
4If thou seekest her as kesef, and searchest for her as for matmonim (hidden treasures);
5Then shalt thou understand the Yirat Hashem, and find the Da'as Elohim.
6For Hashem giveth chochmah; out of His Peh (mouth) cometh da'as (knowledge) and tevunah (understanding).
7He layeth up tushiyyah (wise Torah counsel) for the yesharim (upright ones); He is a mogen (shield) to them that walk in blamelessness.
8He keepeth the orkhot mishpat, and is shomer over the derech of His Chasidim.
9Then shalt thou understand tzedek, and mishpat, and mesharim (equity, fairness) — every ma'agal tov (good path).
10When chochmah entereth into thine lev, and da'as (knowledge) is pleasant unto thy nefesh;
11Mezimah (discretion) shall be shomer over thee, tevunah (understanding) shall safeguard thee;
12To save thee from the derech rah, from the ish medaber tahpukhot (man speaking perverse things);
13Who leaving the orkhot yosher (paths of uprightness), walk in the drakhei choshech (ways of darkness);
14Who rejoice to do rah, and delight in the tahpukhot (perverse things) of rah (evil);
15Whose orkhot (paths) are crooked ones, and they are devious in their ma'agalot (paths);
16To save thee from the isha zarah (strange woman), even from the nokhriyah (strange [immoral] woman) which useth smooth words;
17Which forsaketh the alluf (companion, husband) of her youth, and forgetteth the brit (covenant) of her G-d.
18For her bais inclineth toward mavet, and her ma'agalot (paths) to the refa'im (spirits of the dead).
19None that go unto her return again, neither attain they to the orkhot chayyim (paths of life).
20That thou mayest walk in the derech tovim, and be shomer over the orkhot tzaddikim (paths of the righteous).
21For the yesharim (upright ones) shall dwell in the land, and the tamimim (blameless, faultless ones) shall remain in it.
22But the resha'im shall be cut off from ha'aretz, and the bogedim (treacherous ones) shall 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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