Proverbs 2
2
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee,
2That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence:
3For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:
4If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God.
6Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge.
7He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity.
8Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.
9Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.
10If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul:
11Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,
12That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:
13Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:
14Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things:
15Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.
16That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words:
17And forsaketh the guide of her youth,
18And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.
19None that go in unto her shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life,
20That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just.
21For they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it.
22But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly shall be taken away from it.
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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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