Proverbs 2:1-15 ▼

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.

13 From soch as leaue the hye strete, and walke i ye wayes of darcknesse:

14 which reioyse in doynge euell, and delyte i wicked thinges:

15 whose wayes are croked, and their pathes slaunderous.