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Proverbs 2

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1 My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you,
1 My son, if you will receive my words, And store up my mitzvot within you;
2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;
2 So as to turn your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;
3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,
3 Yes, if you call out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding;
4 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;
4 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures:
5 Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And find the knowledge of God.
5 Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
6 For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
7 He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;
8 He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints.
8 That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his holy ones.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.
10 When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
10 For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you,
11 Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
12 To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things,
12 To deliver you from the way of evil, From the men who speak perverse things;
13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;
13 Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;
14 Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
14 Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
15 Whose ways are crooked, And who are devious in their paths;
15 Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:
16 To deliver you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words,
16 To deliver you from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
17 Who forsakes the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God.
17 Who forsakes the friend of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God:
18 For her house leads down to death, And her paths to the dead;
18 For her house leads down to death, Her paths to the dead.
19 None who go to her return, Nor do they regain the paths of life--
19 None who go to her return again, Neither do they attain to the paths of life:
20 So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness.
20 That you may walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright will dwell in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;
21 For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Hebrew Names Version is in the public domain.