Proverbs 2

1 My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and treasure my commandments with thee;

2 so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;

So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding;

3 yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

4 if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

5 then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [he] is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a shield to them that walk uprightly.

8 guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones.

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; and, every good path.

10 When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,

When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul;

11 discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh perverse things;

13 [from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

14 who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil;

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of the wicked;

15 whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:

Whose ways are crooked, and they are perverse in their paths:

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the adulteress who flattereth with her words;

17 who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;

Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

18 — for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;

For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.

19 none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold of the paths of life.

20 — that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

22 but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.