Proverbs 2
1 My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
2 And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,
if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
3 (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
4 If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures,
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.
then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.
For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He preserueth the state of the righteous: he is a shielde to them that walke vprightly,
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
8 That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the way of his Saintes)
to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
9 Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.
Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,
For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
11 Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,
Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
12 And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,
to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
13 And from them that leaue the wayes of righteousnes to walke in the wayes of darkenes:
from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,
from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
15 Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths.
whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
16 And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.
who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
18 Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead.
For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
19 All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life.
None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
20 Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.
So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the iust shall dwell in the land, and the vpright men shall remaine in it.
For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
22 But the wicked shalbe cut off from ye earth, and the transgressours shalbe rooted out of it.
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
