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Proverbs 2

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 My son, if you will receive my words and store my commands inside you,

2 paying attention to wisdom inclining your mind toward understanding

3 yes, if you will call for insight and raise your voice for discernment,

4 if you seek it as you would silver and search for it as for hidden treasure -

5 then you will understand the fear of ADONAI and find knowledge of God.

6 For ADONAI gives wisdom; from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

7 He stores up common sense for the upright, is a shield to those whose conduct is blameless,

8 in order to guard the courses of justice and preserve the way of those faithful to him.

9 Then you will understand righteousness, justice, fairness and every good path.

10 For wisdom will enter your heart, knowledge will be enjoyable for you,

11 discretion will watch over you, and discernment will guard you.

12 They will save you from the way of evil and from those who speak deceitfully,

13 who leave the paths of honesty to walk the ways of darkness,

14 who delight in doing evil and take joy in being stubbornly deceitful,

15 from those whose tracks are twisted and whose paths are perverse.

16 They will save you from a woman who is a stranger, from a loose woman with smooth talk,

17 who abandons the ruler she had in her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

18 Her house is sinking toward death, her paths lead to the dead.

19 None who go to her return; they never regain the path to life.

20 Thus you will walk on the way of good people and keep to the paths of the righteous.

21 For the upright will live in the land, the pure-hearted will remain there;

22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, the unfaithful rooted out of it.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Good friend, take to heart what I'm telling you; collect my counsels and guard them with your life.

2 Tune your ears to the world of Wisdom; set your heart on a life of Understanding.

3 That's right - if you make Insight your priority, and won't take no for an answer,

4 Searching for it like a prospector panning for gold, like an adventurer on a treasure hunt,

5 Believe me, before you know it Fear-of-God will be yours; you'll have come upon the Knowledge of God.

6 And here's why: God gives out Wisdom free, is plainspoken in Knowledge and Understanding.

7 He's a rich mine of Common Sense for those who live well, a personal bodyguard to the candid and sincere.

8 He keeps his eye on all who live honestly, and pays special attention to his loyally committed ones.

9 So now you can pick out what's true and fair, find all the good trails!

10 Lady Wisdom will be your close friend, and Brother Knowledge your pleasant companion.

11 Good Sense will scout ahead for danger, Insight will keep an eye out for you.

12 They'll keep you from making wrong turns, or following the bad directions

13 Of those who are lost themselves and can't tell a trail from a tumbleweed,

14 These losers who make a game of evil and throw parties to celebrate perversity,

15 Traveling paths that go nowhere, wandering in a maze of detours and dead ends.

16 Wise friends will rescue you from the Temptress - that smooth-talking Seductress

17 Who's faithless to the husband she married years ago, never gave a second thought to her promises before God.

18 Her whole way of life is doomed; every step she takes brings her closer to hell.

19 No one who joins her company ever comes back, ever sets foot on the path to real living.

20 So - join the company of good men and women, keep your feet on the tried and true paths.

21 It's the men who walk straight who will settle this land, the women with integrity who will last here.

22 The corrupt will lose their lives; the dishonest will be gone for good.