Proverbs

Chapter 2

1 MY son, if you will receive my words and hide my commandments in your heart,

2 And incline your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding,

3 Yea, if you cry after knowledge and lift up your voice to understanding,

4 If you seek it as silver, and search for it as for hidden treasure;

5 Then you will understand how to worship the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

6 For it is the LORD who gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

7 He stores up hope for the upright; he helps those who walk without blemish.

8 He keeps the paths of justice, and preserves the ways of his saints.

9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and the uprightness of all good ways.

10 When wisdom enters into your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul.

11 Intelligence shall preserve you, and the understanding of the pious men shall deliver you;

12 That you might be delivered from evil ways, from men who speak perverse things,

13 Who forsake the path of uprightness to walk in the way of darkness;

14 Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perverseness of evil things;

15 Men whose ways are crooked and whose paths are perverse.

16 Wisdom shall deliver you from a strange woman who flatters with her words,

17 Who has forsaken the mother of her youth and forgotten the covenant of her God.

18 For she has forgotten the threshold of her house and the way of her paths.

19 None who go to her return again, neither do they remember the path of life.

20 Therefore you must walk in the way of good men and keep the path of the righteous.

21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and those who are unblemished shall remain in it.

22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth and the ungodly shall be rooted out of it.

Proverbs

Chapter 2

1 My son,1121 if518 you will receive3947 my words,561 and hide6845 my commandments4687 with you;

2 So that you incline7181 your ear241 to wisdom,2451 and apply5186 your heart3820 to understanding;8394

3 Yes,3588 if518 you cry7121 after knowledge,998 and lift5414 up your voice6963 for understanding;8394

4 If518 you seek1245 her as silver,3701 and search2664 for her as for hid4301 treasures;4301

5 Then227 shall you understand995 the fear3374 of the LORD,3068 and find4672 the knowledge1847 of God.430

6 For the LORD3068 gives5414 wisdom:2451 out of his mouth6310 comes knowledge1847 and understanding.8394

7 He lays6845 up sound8454 wisdom8454 for the righteous:3477 he is a buckler4043 to them that walk1980 uprightly.8537

8 He keeps5341 the paths734 of judgment,4941 and preserves8104 the way1870 of his saints.2623

9 Then227 shall you understand995 righteousness,6664 and judgment,4941 and equity;4339 yes, every3605 good2896 path.4570

10 When3588 wisdom2451 enters935 into your heart,3820 and knowledge1847 is pleasant5276 to your soul;5315

11 Discretion4209 shall preserve8104 you, understanding8394 shall keep5341 you:

12 To deliver5337 you from the way1870 of the evil7451 man,376 from the man that speaks1696 fraudulent8419 things;

13 Who leave5800 the paths734 of uprightness,3476 to walk3212 in the ways1870 of darkness;2822

14 Who rejoice8056 to do6213 evil,7451 and delight1523 in the frowardness8419 of the wicked;7451

15 Whose834 ways734 are crooked,6141 and they fraudulent3868 in their paths:4570

16 To deliver5337 you from the strange2114 woman,802 even from the stranger5237 which flatters2505 with her words;561

17 Which forsakes5800 the guide441 of her youth,5271 and forgets7913 the covenant1285 of her God.430

18 For her house1004 inclines7743 to death,4194 and her paths4570 to the dead.7496

19 None3808 that go935 to her return7725 again,7725 neither take5381 they hold5381 of the paths734 of life.2416

20 That you may walk3212 in the way1870 of good2896 men, and keep8104 the paths734 of the righteous.6662

21 For the upright3477 shall dwell7931 in the land,776 and the perfect8549 shall remain3498 in it.

22 But the wicked7563 shall be cut3772 off from the earth,776 and the transgressors898 shall be rooted5255 out of it.

Proverbs

Chapter 2

Proverbs

Chapter 2

1 MY son, if you will receive my words and hide my commandments in your heart,

1 My son,1121 if518 you will receive3947 my words,561 and hide6845 my commandments4687 with you;

2 And incline your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding,

2 So that you incline7181 your ear241 to wisdom,2451 and apply5186 your heart3820 to understanding;8394

3 Yea, if you cry after knowledge and lift up your voice to understanding,

3 Yes,3588 if518 you cry7121 after knowledge,998 and lift5414 up your voice6963 for understanding;8394

4 If you seek it as silver, and search for it as for hidden treasure;

4 If518 you seek1245 her as silver,3701 and search2664 for her as for hid4301 treasures;4301

5 Then you will understand how to worship the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

5 Then227 shall you understand995 the fear3374 of the LORD,3068 and find4672 the knowledge1847 of God.430

6 For it is the LORD who gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

6 For the LORD3068 gives5414 wisdom:2451 out of his mouth6310 comes knowledge1847 and understanding.8394

7 He stores up hope for the upright; he helps those who walk without blemish.

7 He lays6845 up sound8454 wisdom8454 for the righteous:3477 he is a buckler4043 to them that walk1980 uprightly.8537

8 He keeps the paths of justice, and preserves the ways of his saints.

8 He keeps5341 the paths734 of judgment,4941 and preserves8104 the way1870 of his saints.2623

9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and the uprightness of all good ways.

9 Then227 shall you understand995 righteousness,6664 and judgment,4941 and equity;4339 yes, every3605 good2896 path.4570

10 When wisdom enters into your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul.

10 When3588 wisdom2451 enters935 into your heart,3820 and knowledge1847 is pleasant5276 to your soul;5315

11 Intelligence shall preserve you, and the understanding of the pious men shall deliver you;

11 Discretion4209 shall preserve8104 you, understanding8394 shall keep5341 you:

12 That you might be delivered from evil ways, from men who speak perverse things,

12 To deliver5337 you from the way1870 of the evil7451 man,376 from the man that speaks1696 fraudulent8419 things;

13 Who forsake the path of uprightness to walk in the way of darkness;

13 Who leave5800 the paths734 of uprightness,3476 to walk3212 in the ways1870 of darkness;2822

14 Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perverseness of evil things;

14 Who rejoice8056 to do6213 evil,7451 and delight1523 in the frowardness8419 of the wicked;7451

15 Men whose ways are crooked and whose paths are perverse.

15 Whose834 ways734 are crooked,6141 and they fraudulent3868 in their paths:4570

16 Wisdom shall deliver you from a strange woman who flatters with her words,

16 To deliver5337 you from the strange2114 woman,802 even from the stranger5237 which flatters2505 with her words;561

17 Who has forsaken the mother of her youth and forgotten the covenant of her God.

17 Which forsakes5800 the guide441 of her youth,5271 and forgets7913 the covenant1285 of her God.430

18 For she has forgotten the threshold of her house and the way of her paths.

18 For her house1004 inclines7743 to death,4194 and her paths4570 to the dead.7496

19 None who go to her return again, neither do they remember the path of life.

19 None3808 that go935 to her return7725 again,7725 neither take5381 they hold5381 of the paths734 of life.2416

20 Therefore you must walk in the way of good men and keep the path of the righteous.

20 That you may walk3212 in the way1870 of good2896 men, and keep8104 the paths734 of the righteous.6662

21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and those who are unblemished shall remain in it.

21 For the upright3477 shall dwell7931 in the land,776 and the perfect8549 shall remain3498 in it.

22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth and the ungodly shall be rooted out of it.

22 But the wicked7563 shall be cut3772 off from the earth,776 and the transgressors898 shall be rooted5255 out of it.