Proverbs 2
2
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words,
And lay up my commandments with thee;
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom,
And apply thine heart to understanding;
3Yea, if thou cry after discernment,
And lift up thy voice for understanding;
4If thou seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hid treasures;
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD,
And find the knowledge of God.
6For the LORD giveth wisdom;
Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:
7He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright,
He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
8That he may guard the paths of judgement,
And preserve the way of his saints.
9Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgement,
And equity, yea, every good path.
10For wisdom shall enter into thine heart,
And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
11Discretion shall watch over thee,
Understanding shall keep thee:
12To deliver thee from the way of evil,
From the men that speak froward things;
13Who forsake the paths of uprightness,
To walk in the ways of darkness;
14Who rejoice to do evil,
And delight in the frowardness of evil;
15Who are crooked in their ways,
And perverse in their paths:
16To deliver thee from the strange woman,
Even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
17Which forsaketh the friend of her youth,
And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
18For her house inclineth unto death,
And her paths unto the dead:
19None that go unto her return again,
Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:
20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,
And keep the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright shall dwell in the land,
And the perfect shall remain in it.
22But the wicked shall be cut off from the land,
And they that deal treacherously shall be rooted out of it.
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Proverbs 2
2
The Value of Wisdom
1My child, if you accept my words
and treasure up my commandments within you,
2making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
3if you indeed cry out for insight,
and raise your voice for understanding;
4if you seek it like silver,
and search for it as for hidden treasures—
5then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
6For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
7he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,
8guarding the paths of justice
and preserving the way of his faithful ones.
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path;
10for wisdom will come into your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11prudence will watch over you;
and understanding will guard you.
12It will save you from the way of evil,
from those who speak perversely,
13who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,
14who rejoice in doing evil
and delight in the perverseness of evil;
15those whose paths are crooked,
and who are devious in their ways.
16You will be saved from the loose#2.16 Heb strange woman,
from the adulteress with her smooth words,
17who forsakes the partner of her youth
and forgets her sacred covenant;
18for her way#2.18 Cn: Heb house leads down to death,
and her paths to the shades;
19those who go to her never come back,
nor do they regain the paths of life.
20Therefore walk in the way of the good,
and keep to the paths of the just.
21For the upright will abide in the land,
and the innocent will remain in it;
22but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
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