Proverbs 2

1 My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;

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

2 So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;

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

3 Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice;

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

4 If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,

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

5 Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.

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

6 For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;

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

7 Yea he treasureth, for the upright, safety, A shield [is he] to them who walk in integrity,

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

8 To him that observeth the paths of justice, yea, the way of his men of lovingkindness, he doth guard.

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

9 Then, shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity—every noble course.

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

10 When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet,

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

11 Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee: —

Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;

12 To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;

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

13 From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, 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 wrong, exult in the perversities of the wrongful;

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

15 Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:

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

16 To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;

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

17 Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;

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

18 For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;

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

19 None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:

None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto 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.

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep 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 shall dwell in the land, and the whole-hearted shall 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 shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it.