Proverbs 2:1-12 ▼

1 My sonne, yf thou wilt receaue my wordes, and kepe my comaundemetes by the,

2 that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome, applie thine herte then to vnderstodinge.

3 For yf thou criest after wysdome, & callest for knowlege:

4 yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure:

5 The shalt thou vnderstonde ye feare of the LORDE, and fynde ye knowlege of God.

6 For it is the LORDE that geueth wysdome, out of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnderstondinge.

7 He preserueth ye welfare of the rightuous, and defendeth them yt walke innocently:

8 he kepeth them in ye right path, and preserueth ye waye of his sayntes.

9 Then shalt thou vnderstonde rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite, yee and euery good path.

10 Yf wysdome entre in to thine herte, and yi soule delyte in knowlege:

11 then shal councell preserue the, and vnderstondinge shal kepe the.

12 That thou mayest be delyuered fro ye euell waye, and from the man yt speaketh frowarde thinges.