Proverbs 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep 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 the evil man, from the man that speaks fraudulent 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 the wicked;

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

Whose ways are crooked, and they fraudulent 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 you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatters with her words;

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

Which forsakes the guide 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 inclines to death, and her paths to the dead.

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

None that go to her return again, neither take they hold of 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 you may 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 perfect 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 earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.