Proverbs 2
1 My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,
My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;
2 And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,
So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;
3 (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:
Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice;
4 If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures,
If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,
5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.
Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.
6 For the Lord giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.
For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;
7 He preserueth the state of the righteous: he is a shielde to them that walke vprightly,
Yea he treasureth, for the upright, safety, A shield [is he] to them who walk in integrity,
8 That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the way of his Saintes)
To him that observeth the paths of justice, yea, the way of his men of lovingkindness, he doth guard.
9 Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.
Then, shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity—every noble course.
10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,
When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet,
11 Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,
Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee: —
12 And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,
To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, 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 them who forsake the paths of rectitude, 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 wrong, exult in the perversities of the wrongful;
15 Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths.
Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:
16 And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.
To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.
Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;
18 Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead.
For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;
19 All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life.
None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:
20 Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.
To the end that thou walk in the way of good men, and, the paths of the righteous, that thou observe.
21 For the iust shall dwell in the land, and the vpright men shall remaine in it.
For, the upright, shall abide on the earth, —and, the men of integrity, shall remain therein;
22 But the wicked shalbe cut off from ye earth, and the transgressours shalbe rooted out of it.
But, the lawless, out of the earth, shall be cut off, and, traitors, shall they tear away therefrom.
