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Proverbs 2

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

1 My son, if you take my words [to heart] and treasure my commands within you,

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

2 if you pay close attention to wisdom, and let your mind reach for understanding,

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

3 if indeed you call out for insight, if you ask aloud for understanding,

4 if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasure,

4 if you search for wisdom as if it were money and hunt for it as if it were hidden treasure,

5 then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

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

6 For the LORD giveth wisdom; out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

6 The LORD gives wisdom. From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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

7 He has reserved priceless wisdom for decent people. He is a shield for those who walk in integrity

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

8 in order to guard those on paths of justice and to watch over the way of his godly ones.

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

9 Then you will understand what is right and just and fair-- every good course [in life].

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

10 Wisdom will come into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

11 discretion shall preserve thee, and understanding shall keep thee,

11 Foresight will protect you. Understanding will guard you.

12 to deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from men that speaketh froward things,

12 [Wisdom will] save you from the way of evil, from the person who speaks devious things,

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

13 from those who abandon the paths of righteousness to walk the ways of darkness,

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

14 from those who enjoy doing evil, from those who find joy in the deviousness of evil.

15 whose ways are crooked and who are froward in their paths.

15 Their paths are crooked. Their ways are devious.

16 Wisdom will deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger, who flattereth with her words,

16 [Wisdom will] also save you from an adulterous woman, from a loose woman with her smooth talk,

17 who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;

17 who leaves [her husband,] the closest friend of her youth, and forgets her marriage vows to her God.

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

18 Her house sinks down to death. Her ways lead to the souls of the dead.

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

19 None who have sex with her come back. Nor do they ever reach the paths of life.

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

20 So walk in the way of good people and stay on the paths of righteous people.

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

21 Decent people will live in the land. People of integrity will remain in it.

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

22 But wicked people will be cut off from the land and treacherous people will be torn from it.