Proverbs 2
1 My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,
My son, if thou wouldst but accept my words, and treasure up my commandments with thee;
2 And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,
To let thy ear listen unto wisdom: [if] thou wouldst incline thy heart to understanding.
3 (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:
For if thou wilt call after intelligence; if after understanding thou wilt lift up thy voice;
4 If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures,
If thou wilt seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.
Then wilt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and the knowledge of God wilt thou find.
6 For the Lord giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
7 He preserueth the state of the righteous: he is a shielde to them that walke vprightly,
He treasureth up sound wisdom for the righteous, as a shield to those that walk in integrity:
8 That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the way of his Saintes)
That men may keep the paths of justice; and the way of his pious servants doth he guard.
9 Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.
Then wilt thou understand righteousness, and justice, and equity: yea, every track of goodness.
10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,
For wisdom will enter thy heart, and knowledge will be pleasant unto thy soul;
11 Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,
Discretion will watch over thee, understanding will keep thee;
12 And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,
To deliver thee from the way of the bad, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
13 And from them that leaue the wayes of righteousnes to walke in the wayes of darkenes:
[From those] 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, who are delighted in the perverseness of the bad;
15 Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths.
Who as regardeth their paths are crooked, and froward in their tracks.
16 And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.
To deliver thee from the adulteress, from the alien woman that useth flattering speeches;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.
That forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead.
For she sinketh unto death—her house, and unto the departed [lead] her tracks.
19 All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life.
All that come unto her return not again, and they will not reach the paths of life.
20 Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.
In order that thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and observe 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 dwell on the earth, and the perfect will be left remaining on 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 earth, and the treacherous shall be plucked up therefrom.
