Proverbs 2

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

My son, if you will receive my words, and hide my commandments with you;

2 So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, [and] apply thy heart to understanding;

So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

3 Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;

Yea, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding;

4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;

If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;

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

Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.

For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

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

He keeps the paths of judgment, and perserves the way of his saints.

9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [and] every good path.

Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

10 When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul;

When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto your soul;

11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:

12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things;

To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks perverse things;

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

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of the wicked;

15 Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:

Whose ways are crooked, and they perverse in their paths:

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [who] flattereth with her words;

To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatters with her words;

17 Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

Which forsakes the guide of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God.

18 For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.

For her house inclines unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

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

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

20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.

That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

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

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

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

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