Proverbs 2
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1My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you, 1My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you,
2by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding, 2Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;
3indeed, if you call out for discernment--raise your voice for understanding--3For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding;
4if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure, 4If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God. 5Then you will discern the fear of the LORD And discover the knowledge of God.
6For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. 6For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity, 7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones. 8Guarding the paths of justice, And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity--every good way. 9Then you will discern righteousness and justice And equity and every good course.
10For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you. 10For wisdom will enter your heart And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you, 11Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you,
12to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity, 12To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things;
13who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways, 13From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;
14who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil; 14Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
15whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways; 15Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways;
16to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words; 16To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
17who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God. 17That leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;
18For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits. 18For her house sinks down to death And her tracks lead to the dead;
19None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life. 19None who go to her return again, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous. 20So you will walk in the way of good men And keep to the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it, 21For the upright will live in the land And the blameless will remain in it;
22but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it. 22But the wicked will be cut off from the land And the treacherous will be uprooted from it.
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