Proverbs 2

1 My son, if you will receive my words, and hide my commandments with you;

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

2 So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

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

3 Yea, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding;

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

4 If you 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 shall you 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 gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

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

7 He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

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

8 He keeps the paths of judgment, and perserves the way of his saints.

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

9 Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

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

10 When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto your soul;

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

11 Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

12 To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks perverse 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 perverseness of the wicked;

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

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

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

16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatters with her words;

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

17 Which forsakes the guide of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God.

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

18 For her house inclines unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

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

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

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

20 That you may 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 perfect 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 earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

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