Proverbs 2:4-22 Parallel Bible Translations

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4 If you seek skillful and godly wisdom as you would silver And search for her as you would hidden treasures; if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5 Then you will understand the [reverent] fear of the LORD [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] And discover the knowledge of God. then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD gives [skillful and godly] wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He stores away sound wisdom for the righteous [those who are in right standing with Him]; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity [those of honorable character and moral courage], he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8 He guards the paths of justice; And He preserves the way of His saints (believers). guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice [in every circumstance] And integrity and every good path. Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—every good path.
10 For [skillful and godly] wisdom will enter your heart And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will watch over you, Understanding and discernment will guard you, discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
12 To keep you from the way of evil and the evil man, From the man who speaks perverse things; delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech, Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways,
14 Who find joy in doing evil And delight in the perversity of evil, who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil, who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15 Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways; men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways. whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.
16 To keep you from the immoral woman; From the seductress with her flattering words, So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words, Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17 Who leaves the companion (husband) of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God. who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God; who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
18 For her house leads down to death And her paths lead to the dead; for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed; Surely her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
19 None who go to her return again, Nor do they regain the paths of life— none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life. None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.
20 So you will walk in the way of good men [that is, those of personal integrity, moral courage and honorable character], And keep to the paths of the righteous. So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous. Thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright [those who are in right standing with God] will live in the land And those [of integrity] who are blameless [in God’s sight] will remain in it; For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it, For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land And the treacherous shall be [forcibly] uprooted and removed from it. but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it. but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.
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