Proverbs 2
1. My son, if thou wilt receive * my words, and hide * my commandments with thee;
2. So that thou incline * thine ear unto wisdom, and apply * thine heart to understanding;
3. Yea, if thou criest * after knowledge,and liftest up * thy voice for understanding;
4. If thou seekest * her as silver, and searchest * for her as for hid treasures;
5. Then shalt thou understand * the fear of the LORD, and find * the knowledge of God.
6. For the LORD giveth * wisdom:out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
7. He layeth up * sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk * uprightly.
8. He keepeth * the paths of judgment, and preserveth * the way of his saints.
9. Then shalt thou understand * righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10. When wisdom entereth * into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant * unto thy soul;
11. Discretion shall preserve * thee, understanding shall keep * thee:
12. To deliver * thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh * froward things;
13. Who leave * the paths of uprightness, to walk * in the ways of darkness;
14. Who rejoice to do * evil, and delight * in the frowardness of the wicked;
15. Whose ways are crooked, and they froward * in their paths:
16. To deliver * thee from the strange * woman, even from the stranger which flattereth * with her words;
17. Which forsaketh * the guide of her youth, and forgetteth * the covenant of her God.
18. For her house inclineth * unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19. None that go * unto her return again * , neither take they hold * of the paths of life.
20. That thou mayest walk * in the way of good men, and keep * the paths of the righteous.
21. For the upright shall dwell * in the land, and the perfect shall remain * in it.
22. But the wicked shall be cut off * from the earth, and the transgressors * shall be rooted out * of it.
