Proverbs 2
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1My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you,1My son, if you accept my words, and treasure my instructions —
2So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;2making your ear attentive to wisdom, and turning your heart to understanding—
3Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,3if, indeed, you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
4If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;4if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure,
5Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.5then you will understand the fear of the LORD and learn to know God.
6For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;6For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright and is a shield to those who walk in integrity—
8He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints.8guarding the paths of the just and protecting the way of his faithful ones.
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.9Then you will understand what is right, just, and upright—every good path.
10When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you,11Discretion will protect you; understanding will watch over you,
12To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things,12delivering you from the way of evil, from men who speak perverse things,
13From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;13and from those who abandon the right path to travel along the ways of darkness;
14Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perversity of the wicked;14who delight in doing evil, and rejoice in the perverseness of evil;
15Whose ways are crooked, And who are devious in their paths;15whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways,
16To deliver you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words,16delivering you from the adulteress, from the immoral woman with her seductive words,
17Who forsakes the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God.17someone who abandoned the companion of her youth and forgot the covenant of her God.
18For her house leads down to death, And her paths to the dead;18For her house leads down to death, and her paths down to the realm of the dead.
19None who go to her return, Nor do they regain the paths of life—19None who go to her return, nor do they reach the paths of life.
20So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness.20This is how you will walk in the way of good men and will keep to the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright will dwell in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;21For the upright will live in the land, and people of integrity will remain in it.
22But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.22But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.
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