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 hide my commandments with thee;

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

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;

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

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;

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

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest 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 understanding.

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 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 keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

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

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.

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

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

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

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep 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 the evil [man], from the man that speaketh 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 the wicked;

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

Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward 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 stranger [which] flattereth with her words;

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

Which forsaketh the guide 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 inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

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

None that go unto 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 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 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.