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Proverbs 2

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.

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 fili mi si susceperis sermones meos et mandata mea absconderis penes te

2 ut audiat sapientiam auris tua inclina cor tuum ad noscendam prudentiam

3 si enim sapientiam invocaveris et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiae

4 si quaesieris eam quasi pecuniam et sicut thesauros effoderis illam

5 tunc intelleges timorem Domini et scientiam Dei invenies

6 quia Dominus dat sapientiam et ex ore eius scientia et prudentia

7 custodiet rectorum salutem et proteget gradientes simpliciter

8 servans semitas iustitiae et vias sanctorum custodiens

9 tunc intelleges iustitiam et iudicium et aequitatem et omnem semitam bonam

10 si intraverit sapientia cor tuum et scientia animae tuae placuerit

11 consilium custodiet te prudentia servabit te

12 ut eruaris de via mala ab homine qui perversa loquitur

13 qui relinquunt iter rectum et ambulant per vias tenebrosas

14 qui laetantur cum malefecerint et exultant in rebus pessimis

15 quorum viae perversae et infames gressus eorum

16 ut eruaris a muliere aliena et ab extranea quae mollit sermones suos

17 et relinquit ducem pubertatis suae

18 et pacti Dei sui oblita est inclinata est enim ad mortem domus eius et ad impios semitae ipsius

19 omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur nec adprehendent semitas vitae

20 ut ambules in via bona et calles iustorum custodias

21 qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra et simplices permanebunt in ea

22 impii vero de terra perdentur et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea