Proverbs 2:1
My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,
Proverbs 2:2
To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
Proverbs 2:3
For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
Proverbs 2:4
If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
Proverbs 2:5
Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.
Proverbs 2:6
For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:7
Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.
Proverbs 2:8
To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.
Proverbs 2:9
Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness--every good path.
Proverbs 2:10
For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,
Proverbs 2:11
Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,
Proverbs 2:12
To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,
Proverbs 2:13
Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,
Proverbs 2:14
Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,
Proverbs 2:15
Whose paths are crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.
Proverbs 2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
Proverbs 2:17
Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
Proverbs 2:18
For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
Proverbs 2:19
None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Proverbs 2:20
That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
Proverbs 2:21
For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
Proverbs 2:22
And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!