Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee;
My son, if you accept my sayings, And lay up my commands with you,
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
To cause your ear to attend to wisdom, You incline your heart to understanding,
3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding;
For if you call for intelligence, [And] give forth your voice for intelligence,
4 If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
If you seek her as silver, And search for her as hid treasures,
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Then you understand the fear of YHWH, And you find the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding:
For YHWH gives wisdom, Knowledge and understanding from His mouth.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, [he is] a shield to them that walk in integrity;
Even to lay up substance for the upright, A shield for those walking uprightly.
8 That he may guard the paths of judgment, and preserve the way of his saints.
To keep the paths of judgment, And He preserves the way of His saints.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment, and equity, [yea], every good path.
Then you understand righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness—every good path.
10 For wisdom shall enter into thine heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
For wisdom comes into your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
11 Discretion shall watch over thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Thoughtfulness watches over you, Understanding keeps you,
12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
To deliver you from an evil way, From any speaking contrary things,
13 Who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in [the] contrariness of the wicked,
15 Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths:
Whose paths [are] crooked, Indeed, they are perverted in their ways.
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
To deliver you from the strange woman, From the stranger who has made her sayings smooth,
17 Which forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God:
Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And has forgotten the covenant of her God.
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead:
For her house has inclined to death, And her paths to Rephaim.
19 None that go unto her return again, neither do they attain unto the paths of life:
None going in to her return, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
That you go in the way of the good, 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 inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and they that deal treacherously shall be rooted out of it.
And the wicked are cut off from the earth, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!
