Proverbiorum 2
1 fili mi si susceperis sermones meos et mandata mea absconderis penes te
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and treasure my commandments with thee;
2 ut audiat sapientiam auris tua inclina cor tuum ad noscendam prudentiam
So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding;
3 si enim sapientiam invocaveris et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiae
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4 si quaesieris eam quasi pecuniam et sicut thesauros effoderis illam
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5 tunc intelleges timorem Domini et scientiam Dei invenies
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6 quia Dominus dat sapientiam et ex ore eius scientia et prudentia
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
7 custodiet rectorum salutem et proteget gradientes simpliciter
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a shield to them that walk uprightly.
8 servans semitas iustitiae et vias sanctorum custodiens
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
9 tunc intelleges iustitiam et iudicium et aequitatem et omnem semitam bonam
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; and, every good path.
10 si intraverit sapientia cor tuum et scientia animae tuae placuerit
When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul;
11 consilium custodiet te prudentia servabit te
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
12 ut eruaris de via mala ab homine qui perversa loquitur
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
13 qui relinquunt iter rectum et ambulant per vias tenebrosas
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 qui laetantur cum malefecerint et exultant in rebus pessimis
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of the wicked;
15 quorum viae perversae et infames gressus eorum
Whose ways are crooked, and they are perverse in their paths:
16 ut eruaris a muliere aliena et ab extranea quae mollit sermones suos
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the adulteress who flattereth with her words;
17 et relinquit ducem pubertatis suae
Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 et pacti Dei sui oblita est inclinata est enim ad mortem domus eius et ad impios semitae ipsius
For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.
19 omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur nec adprehendent semitas vitae
None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold of the paths of life.
20 ut ambules in via bona et calles iustorum custodias
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra et simplices permanebunt in ea
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22 impii vero de terra perdentur et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
