Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;
My son, if thou wouldst but accept my words, and treasure up my commandments with thee;
2 So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;
To let thy ear listen unto wisdom: [if] thou wouldst incline thy heart to understanding.
3 Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice;
For if thou wilt call after intelligence; if after understanding thou wilt lift up thy voice;
4 If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,
If thou wilt seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
5 Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.
Then wilt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and the knowledge of God wilt thou find.
6 For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of 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 treasureth up sound wisdom for the righteous, as a shield to those 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 men may keep the paths of justice; and the way of his pious servants doth he guard.
9 Then, shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity—every noble course.
Then wilt thou understand righteousness, and justice, and equity: yea, every track of goodness.
10 When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet,
For wisdom will enter thy heart, and knowledge will be pleasant unto thy soul;
11 Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee: —
Discretion will watch over thee, understanding will 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 bad, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
13 From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in the ways of darkness;
[From those] 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, who are delighted in the perverseness of the bad;
15 Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:
Who as regardeth their paths are crooked, and froward in their tracks.
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 adulteress, from the alien woman that useth flattering speeches;
17 Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;
That forsaketh the friend 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 she sinketh unto death—her house, and unto the departed [lead] her tracks.
19 None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:
All that come unto her return not again, and they will not reach 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.
In order that thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and observe 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 dwell on the earth, and the perfect will be left remaining on 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 earth, and the treacherous shall be plucked up therefrom.
