Proverbs 2
1 My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,
Oh, my son, that thou wouldst receive my words, And treasure up my precepts within thee;
2 And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,
That thou wouldst apply thine ear to wisdom, And incline thy heart to understanding!
3 (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:
For if thou wilt call aloud to knowledge, And lift up thy voice to understanding, —
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 shalt thou 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 giveth wisdom; From his mouth proceed knowledge and understanding:
7 He preserueth the state of the righteous: he is a shielde to them that walke vprightly,
He layeth up safety for the righteous; He is a shield to them that walk uprightly:
8 That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the way of his Saintes)
He guardeth the paths of equity, And defendeth the way of his servants.
9 Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness and equity And uprightness, yea, every good path.
10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,
When wisdom entereth into thy heart, And knowledge is pleasant to thy soul,
11 Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,
Discretion will guard thee, Understanding will preserve thee.
12 And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,
It will deliver thee from the way of the wicked, From the men who speak perverse things;
13 And from them that leaue the wayes of righteousnes to walke in the wayes of darkenes:
Who forsake 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 in doing evil, And delight in the perverseness of the wicked;
15 Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths.
Whose paths are crooked, And who are froward in their ways.
16 And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.
It will deliver thee from the wife of another, From the stranger, who useth smooth words;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.
Who 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 her house sinketh down to Death, And her paths to the shades of the dead:
19 All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life.
None that go to her return again; They will not attain the paths of life.
20 Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.
Therefore walk thou 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 righteous 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 land, And transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
