Proverbs 2:2-22 Parallel Bible Translations

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2 thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding, and shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son. making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—
3 For it thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy voice for understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if thou shalt seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for 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 shalt thou 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. then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence 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 and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way; 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 that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him. 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 shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgement; and shalt direct all thy course aright. 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 if wisdom shall come into thine understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to thy 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 good counsel shall guard thee, and holy understanding shall keep thee; discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
12 to deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully. 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 Alas for those who forsake right paths, to walk in 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 rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness; 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 their courses winding; 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 remove thee far from the straight way, and to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake thee, 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 of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of 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 she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the giants. 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 that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they are not apprehended of the years 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 For had they gone in good paths, they would have found the paths of righteousness easy. 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 shall dwell in the earth, and the holy shall be left behind 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 The paths of the ungodly shall perish out of the earth, and transgressors shall be driven away 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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