Proverbs 2

¹My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

²So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

³Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

⁴If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

⁵Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

⁶For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

⁸He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

⁹Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

¹⁰When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

¹¹Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

¹²To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

¹³Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

¹⁵Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

¹⁶To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

¹⁷Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

¹⁸For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

¹⁹None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

²⁰That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

²¹For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

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

¹My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

²So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, [and] apply thy heart to understanding;

³Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;

⁴If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;

⁵Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

⁶For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.

⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

⁸He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

⁹Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [and] every good path.

¹⁰When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul;

¹¹Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

¹²To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things;

¹³Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

¹⁵Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:

¹⁶To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [who] flattereth with her words;

¹⁷Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

¹⁸For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.

¹⁹None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold of the paths of life.

²⁰That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.