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
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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