Proverbs 2:1-15 ▼

1 My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee,

2 That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng.

3 For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge:

4 If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures:

5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God.

6 For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng.

7 He stirreth vp health for the righteous: and defendeth them that walke vprightly,

8 That they may kepe the right path: and he preserueth the way of such as do serue him with godlinesse.

9 Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path.

10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge:

11 Then shall counsayle preserue thee, and vnderstandyng shall kepe thee,

12 That thou mayest be deliuered from the euyll way, and from the man that speaketh frowarde thynges:

13 From such as leaue the wayes of righteousnesse, to walke in the wayes of darknesse:

14 Which reioyce in doyng naught, and delite in the wickednesse of the euyll:

15 Whose wayes are croked, and they frowarde in their pathes.