Proverbs 2
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| v | JPS1917 |
|---|---|
| 1 | My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; |
| 2 | So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, And thy heart incline to discernment; |
| 3 | Yea, if thou call for understanding, And lift up thy voice for discernment; |
| 4 | If thou 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. |
| 6 | For the LORD giveth wisdom, Out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment; |
| 7 | He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity; |
| 8 | That He may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of His godly ones. . |
| 9 | Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, yea, every good path. |
| 10 | For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul; |
| 11 | Discretion shall watch over thee, Discernment shall guard thee; |
| 12 | To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak froward things; |
| 13 | 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 evil; |
| 15 | Who are crooked in their ways, And perverse in their paths; |
| 16 | To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words; |
| 17 | That forsaketh the lord of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God. |
| 18 | For her house sinketh down unto death, And her paths unto the shades; |
| 19 | None that go unto her return, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life; |
| 20 | That thou mayest 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 whole-hearted shall remain in it. |
| 22 | But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the faithless shall be plucked up out of it. |