Proverbs 2

1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee;

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and treasure my commandments with thee;

2 So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, and thy heart incline to discernment;

So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding;

3 Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment;

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

4 If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

6 For the LORD giveth wisdom, out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment;

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a shield to them that walk uprightly.

8 That He may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of His godly ones.

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity, yea, every good path.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; and, every good path.

10 For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul;

11 Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh perverse things;

13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of the wicked;

15 Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths;

Whose ways are crooked, and they are perverse in their paths:

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the adulteress who flattereth with her words;

17 That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

18 For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades;

For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.

19 None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto the paths of life;

None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold of the paths of life.

20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the whole-hearted shall remain in it.

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.