Proverbs 2

1 My son, if you accept what I say and value my instructions,

My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,

2 if you pay attention to wisdom and really try to understand;

And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,

3 if you cry out for insight and call loudly for help in understanding;

(For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:

4 if you look for it as if it were silver and search for it as if it were hidden treasure;

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

5 then you will understand how to relate to the Lord and discover the truth about God.

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

6 The Lord is the source of wisdom; what he says provides knowledge that makes sense.

For the Lord giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.

7 He gives good judgment to those who live right; he defends those who have good sense.

He preserueth the state of the righteous: he is a shielde to them that walke vprightly,

8 He supports those who act fairly and protects those who trust in him.

That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the way of his Saintes)

9 Then you will be able to recognize what is right and just and fair, in fact all that is good in the way you should live.

Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.

10 For wisdom will fill your mind, and knowledge will make you happy.

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

11 Good decisions will keep you on track; thinking logically will keep you safe.

Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,

12 Doing this will save you from the ways of evil, from men who tell twisted lies,

And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,

13 who turn away from following what is right to walk down paths of darkness.

And from them that leaue the wayes of righteousnes to walke in the wayes of darkenes:

14 They happily do wrong; they love how twisted evil is.

Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,

15 They live crooked lives doing deceitful things.

Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths.

16 Doing this will also save you from a woman who acts immorally, from a woman who like a prostitute tries to seduce you with flattering words.

And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.

17 Such a woman has left her husband she married when she was young, forgetting the promises she made before God.

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.

18 What happens in her house leads to death; following her way leads to the grave.

Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead.

19 No one who goes to her comes back; they don't ever find the way back to life again.

All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life.

20 So you should follow the way of the good, and make sure you stay on the paths of those who do right.

Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.

21 For only people who live right will live in the land; only honest people will remain there.

For the iust shall dwell in the land, and the vpright men shall remaine in it.

22 But the wicked will be thrown out of the land; those who are untrustworthy will be pulled out by the roots.

But the wicked shalbe cut off from ye earth, and the transgressours shalbe rooted out of it.