Proverbs 2

1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

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

1My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

2So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

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

2To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

3Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

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

3For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

4If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

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

4If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

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

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

5Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.

6For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:

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

6For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

7He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He isa shield to them that walk in integrity;

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

7Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.

8That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.

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

8To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.

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

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

9Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness--every good path.

10For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

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

10For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,

11Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

11Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

12To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

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

12To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

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

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

13Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

14Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

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

14Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

15Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

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

15Whose paths <FI>are<Fi> crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.

16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

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

16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

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

17Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

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

18For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

19None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

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

19None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

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

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

20That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

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

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

21For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,

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

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

22And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!