Proverbs 2

Rewards of Wisdom

1My child, believe what I say.

And remember what I command you.

2Listen to wisdom.

Try with all your heart to gain understanding.

3Cry out for wisdom.

Beg for understanding.

4Search for it as you would for silver.

Hunt for it like hidden treasure.

5Then you will understand what it means to respect the Lord.

Then you will begin to know God.

6Only the Lord gives wisdom.

Knowledge and understanding come from him.

7He stores up wisdom for those who are honest.

Like a shield he protects those who are innocent.

8He guards those who are fair to others.

He protects those who are loyal to him.

9Then you will understand what is honest and fair and right.

You will understand what is good to do.

10You will have wisdom in your heart.

And knowledge will be pleasing to you.

11Good sense will protect you.

Understanding will guard you.

12It will keep you from doing evil.

It will save you from people whose words are bad.

13Such people do not do what is right.

They do what is evil.

14They enjoy doing wrong.

They are happy to do what is crooked and evil.

15What they do is wrong.

Their ways are dishonest.

16It will save you from the unfaithful wife

who tries to lead you into adultery with pleasing words.

17Such women leave the husbands they married when they were young.

They forget the promise they made before God.

18If you go to her house, you are on your way to death.

What she does leads to death.

19No one who goes to her comes back.

He will not continue to live.

20But wisdom will help you be a good person.

It will help you do what is right.

21Those who are honest will stay in the land.

Those who are innocent will remain in it.

22But evil people will be removed from the land.

The unfaithful will be thrown out of it.

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Proverbs 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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