Proverbs 2
1 My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,
My son, if you will receive my words, and hide my commandments with you;
2 And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,
So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
3 (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:
Yea, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding;
4 If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures,
If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.
Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.
For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7 He preserueth the state of the righteous: he is a shielde to them that walke vprightly,
He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8 That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the way of his Saintes)
He keeps the paths of judgment, and perserves the way of his saints.
9 Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.
Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,
When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto your soul;
11 Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,
Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:
12 And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,
To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks perverse things;
13 And from them that leaue the wayes of righteousnes to walke in the wayes of darkenes:
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of the wicked;
15 Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths.
Whose ways are crooked, and they perverse in their paths:
16 And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.
To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatters with her words;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.
Which forsakes the guide 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 inclines unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19 All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life.
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20 Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.
That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep 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 shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain 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 cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
