1 My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee, DBY — Proverbs 2:1
2 so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding; DBY — Proverbs 2:2
3 yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding; DBY — Proverbs 2:3
4 if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures: DBY — Proverbs 2:4
5 then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God. DBY — Proverbs 2:5
6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding. DBY — Proverbs 2:6
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [he] is a shield to them that walk in integrity; DBY — Proverbs 2:7
8 guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones. DBY — Proverbs 2:8
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path. DBY — Proverbs 2:9
10 When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul, DBY — Proverbs 2:10
11 discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee: DBY — Proverbs 2:11
12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things; DBY — Proverbs 2:12
13 [from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; DBY — Proverbs 2:13
14 who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil; DBY — Proverbs 2:14
15 whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course: DBY — Proverbs 2:15
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words; DBY — Proverbs 2:16
17 who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God; DBY — Proverbs 2:17
18 for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead; DBY — Proverbs 2:18
19 none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life: DBY — Proverbs 2:19
20 that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous. DBY — Proverbs 2:20
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it; DBY — Proverbs 2:21
22 but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it. DBY — Proverbs 2:22