Proverbs 2

1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;● 2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, {and} apply thine heart to understanding;● 3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, {and} liftest up thy voice for understanding; {liftest...: Heb. givest thy voice}● 4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as {for} hid treasures;● 5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.● 6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth {cometh} knowledge and understanding.● 7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: {he is} a buckler to them that walk uprightly.● 8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.● 9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; {yea}, every good path.● 10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;● 11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:● 12To deliver thee from the way of the evil {man}, from the man that speaketh froward things;● 13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;● 14Who rejoice to do evil, {and} delight in the frowardness of the wicked;● 15Whose ways {are} crooked, and {they} froward in their paths:● 16To deliver thee from the strange woman, {even} from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words;● 17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.● 18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.● 19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.● 20That thou mayest walk in the way of good {men}, and keep the paths of the righteous.● 21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.● 22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. {rooted: or, plucked up}●