Proverbs 2 Comparison: Noyes Translation (1869) vs King James Version

Proverbs 2

¹Oh, my son, that thou wouldst receive my words, And treasure up my precepts within thee;

²That thou wouldst apply thine ear to wisdom, And incline thy heart to understanding!

³For if thou wilt call aloud to knowledge, And lift up thy voice to understanding,—

⁴If thou wilt seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures,

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

⁶For the LORD giveth wisdom; From his mouth proceed knowledge and understanding:

⁷He layeth up safety for the righteous; He is a shield to them that walk uprightly:

⁸He guardeth the paths of equity, And defendeth the way of his servants.

⁹Then shalt thou understand righteousness and equity And uprightness, yea, every good path.

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

¹¹Discretion will guard thee, Understanding will preserve thee.

¹²It will deliver thee from the way of the wicked, From the men who speak perverse things;

¹³Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perverseness of the wicked;

¹⁵Whose paths are crooked, And who are froward in their ways.

¹⁶It will deliver thee from the wife of another, From the stranger, who useth smooth words;

¹⁷Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God.

¹⁸For her house sinketh down to Death, And her paths to the shades of the dead:

¹⁹None that go to her return again; They will not attain the paths of life.

²⁰Therefore walk thou in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous:

²¹For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the righteous shall remain in it;

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

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.