Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
2 So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;
if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
3 Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice;
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
4 If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
5 Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.
then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
6 For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;
For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 Yea he treasureth, for the upright, safety, A shield [is he] to them who walk in integrity,
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
8 To him that observeth the paths of justice, yea, the way of his men of lovingkindness, he doth guard.
to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
9 Then, shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity—every noble course.
Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
10 When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet,
For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
11 Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee: —
Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
12 To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
13 From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in the ways of darkness;
from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 Who rejoice to do wrong, exult in the perversities of the wrongful;
from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
15 Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:
whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
16 To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
17 Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;
who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
18 For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;
For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
19 None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:
None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
20 To the end that thou walk in the way of good men, and, the paths of the righteous, that thou observe.
So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For, the upright, shall abide on the earth, —and, the men of integrity, shall remain therein;
For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
22 But, the lawless, out of the earth, shall be cut off, and, traitors, shall they tear away therefrom.
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
