Proverbs 2:1-17 ▼

1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commands with thee;

2 To attend to wisdom thou wilt incline thine ear, thy heart to understanding;

3 For if thou will call to understanding, wilt give thy voice to understanding.

4 If thou wilt seek her as silver, and dig for her as hidden treasure;

5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and thou shalt find the knowledge of God.

6 For Jehovah will give wisdom: from his mouth knowledge and understanding.

7 He treasured up deliverance for the upright: a shield to those going in uprightness:

8 To guard the paths of judgment, and he will watch the way of his godly ones.

9 Then thou shalt understand justice and judgment and uprightness; every good track.

10 For wisdom shall come into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to thy soul.

11 Meditation shall watch over thee, understanding shall guard thee:

12 To deliver thee from the evil way, from the man speaking deceit;

13 Those forsaking the paths of straightness to go in the ways of darkness;

14 Those rejoicing to do evil will exult in the deceit of evil;

15 Whose paths are perverted, and in their tracks are bent aside:

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger making smooth her sayings;

17 Forsaking the friend of her youth, and forgetting the covenant of her God.