Proverbs 2
2
1My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,
2To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
3For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
4If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
5Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.
6For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.
7Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.
8To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.
9Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness — every good path.
10For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,
11Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,
12To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,
13Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,
14Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,
15Whose paths [are] crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
17Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
18For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
19None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
20That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
21For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
22And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of 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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