Proverbs 2
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1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;1My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;2listening closely to wisdom and directing your heart to understanding;
3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;3furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;4if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure,
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.5then you will understand the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.7He stores up success for the upright; He is a shield for those who live with integrity
8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.8so that He may guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His loyal followers.
9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.9Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and integrity--every good path.
10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;10For wisdom will enter your mind, and knowledge will delight your heart.
11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:11Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;12rescuing you from the way of evil-- from the one who says perverse things,
13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;13from those who abandon the right paths to walk in ways of darkness,
14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;14from those who enjoy doing evil and celebrate perversion,
15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:15whose paths are crooked, and whose ways are devious.
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;16It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, from a stranger with her flattering talk,
17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.17who abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.18for her house sinks down to death and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.
19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.19None return who go to her; none reach the paths of life.
20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.20So follow the way of good people, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.21For the upright will inhabit the land, and those of integrity will remain in it;
22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous uprooted from it.
King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com.Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission.
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