Proverbs 2
2
Benefits of wisdom
1My son, accept my words
and store up my commands.
2Turn your ear toward wisdom,
and stretch your mind toward understanding.
3Call out for insight,
and cry aloud for understanding.
4Seek it like silver;
search for it like hidden treasure.
5Then you will understand the fear of the LORD,
and discover the knowledge of God.
6The LORD gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7He reserves ability for those with integrity.
He is a shield for those who live a blameless life.
8He protects the paths of justice
and guards the way of those who are loyal to him.
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice,
as well as integrity, every good course.
10Wisdom will enter your mind,
and knowledge will fill you with delight.
11Discretion will guard you;
understanding will protect you.
12Wisdom will rescue you from the evil path,
from people who twist their words.
13They forsake the way of integrity
and go on obscure paths.
14They enjoy doing evil,
rejoicing in their twisted evil.
15Their paths are confused;
they get lost on their way.
16Wisdom will rescue you from the mysterious woman,
from the foreign woman with her slick words.
17She leaves behind the partner of her youth;
she even forgets her covenant with God.
18Her house sinks down to death,
and her paths go down to the shadowy dead.
19All those who go to her will never return;
they will never again reach the ways of the living.
20So you should stay on the path of good people,
guarding the road of the righteous.
21Those who have integrity will dwell in the land;
the innocent will remain in it.
22But the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the treacherous will be ripped up.
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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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