Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wouldst but accept my words, and treasure up my commandments with thee;
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2 To let thy ear listen unto wisdom: [if] thou wouldst incline thy heart to understanding.
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
3 For if thou wilt call after intelligence; if after understanding thou wilt lift up thy voice;
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4 If thou wilt seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5 Then wilt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and the knowledge of God wilt thou find.
Then shalt thou understand the fear of YHWH, and find the knowledge of Elohim.
6 For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
For YHWH giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
7 He treasureth up sound wisdom for the righteous, as a shield to those that walk in integrity:
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8 That men may keep the paths of justice; and the way of his pious servants doth he guard.
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
9 Then wilt thou understand righteousness, and justice, and equity: yea, every track of goodness.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter thy heart, and knowledge will be pleasant unto thy soul;
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
11 Discretion will watch over thee, understanding will keep thee;
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
12 To deliver thee from the way of the bad, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
13 [From those] 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, who are delighted in the perverseness of the bad;
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
15 Who as regardeth their paths are crooked, and froward in their tracks.
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
16 To deliver thee from the adulteress, from the alien woman that useth flattering speeches;
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
17 That forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her Elohim.
18 For she sinketh unto death—her house, and unto the departed [lead] her tracks.
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19 All that come unto her return not again, and they will not reach the paths of life.
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20 In order that thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and observe 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 will dwell on the earth, and the perfect will be left remaining on it.
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the treacherous shall be plucked up therefrom.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
