Proverbs 2
1 My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee,
2 And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,
That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence:
3 (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:
For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:
4 If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures,
If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:
5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.
Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge.
7 He preserueth the state of the righteous: he is a shielde to them that walke vprightly,
He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity.
8 That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the way of his Saintes)
Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.
9 Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.
Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.
10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,
If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul:
11 Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,
Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,
12 And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,
That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:
13 And from them that leaue the wayes of righteousnes to walke in the wayes of darkenes:
Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:
14 Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,
Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things:
15 Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths.
Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.
16 And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.
That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words:
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.
And forsaketh the guide of her youth,
18 Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead.
And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell. (questioned)
19 All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life.
None that go in unto her shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life,
20 Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.
That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just.
21 For the iust shall dwell in the land, and the vpright men shall remaine in it.
For they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it.
22 But the wicked shalbe cut off from ye earth, and the transgressours shalbe rooted out of it.
But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly shall be taken away from it.
