Proverbs 2:10,16-19 - Compare All Versions

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For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words, who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God. Surely her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead. None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.

for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul

So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words, who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God; for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed; none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life.

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill you with joy.

Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman, from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman. She has abandoned her husband and ignores the covenant she made before God. Entering her house leads to death; it is the road to the grave. The man who visits her is doomed. He will never reach the paths of life.

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight you.

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,  from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,  who abandons the companion of her youth  and forgets the covenant of her God; for her house sinks down to death and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.  None return who go to her; none reach the paths of life.

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, And knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul

To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God. For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead. None that go unto her return again, Neither take they hold of the paths of life.

When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul

To deliver you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words, Who forsakes the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God. For her house leads down to death, And her paths to the dead; None who go to her return, Nor do they regain the paths of life

So now you can pick out what’s true and fair, find all the good trails! Lady Wisdom will be your close friend, and Brother Knowledge your pleasant companion. Good Sense will scout ahead for danger, Insight will keep an eye out for you. They’ll keep you from making wrong turns, or following the bad directions Of those who are lost themselves and can’t tell a trail from a tumbleweed, These losers who make a game of evil and throw parties to celebrate perversity, Traveling paths that go nowhere, wandering in a maze of detours and dead ends.

Wise friends will rescue you from the Temptress— that smooth-talking Seductress Who’s faithless to the husband she married years ago, never gave a second thought to her promises before God. Her whole way of life is doomed; every step she takes brings her closer to hell. No one who joins her company ever comes back, ever sets foot on the path to real living.

For wisdom will enter your heart, And knowledge will be delightful to your soul

To rescue you from the strange woman, From the foreign woman who flatters with her words, Who leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God; For her house sinks down to death, And her tracks lead to the dead; None who go to her return, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

For [skillful and godly] wisdom will enter your heart And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

To keep you from the immoral woman; From the seductress with her flattering words, [Prov 2:11] Who leaves the companion (husband) of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God. For her house leads down to death And her paths lead to the dead; None who go to her return again, Nor do they regain the paths of life

For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.

to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words; who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God. For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits. None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.