Proverbs 2

1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;ASV — Proverbs 2:1

2 So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;ASV — Proverbs 2:2

3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;ASV — Proverbs 2:3

4 If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:ASV — Proverbs 2:4

5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.ASV — Proverbs 2:5

6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding:ASV — Proverbs 2:6

7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [He is] a shield to them that walk in integrity;ASV — Proverbs 2:7

8 That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.ASV — Proverbs 2:8

9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, [yea], every good path.ASV — Proverbs 2:9

10 For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;ASV — Proverbs 2:10

11 Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:ASV — Proverbs 2:11

12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;ASV — Proverbs 2:12

13 Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;ASV — Proverbs 2:13

14 Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;ASV — Proverbs 2:14

15 Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:ASV — Proverbs 2:15

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;ASV — Proverbs 2:16

17 That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:ASV — Proverbs 2:17

18 For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;ASV — Proverbs 2:18

19 None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:ASV — Proverbs 2:19

20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.ASV — Proverbs 2:20

21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.ASV — Proverbs 2:21

22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.ASV — Proverbs 2:22