Read Proverbs 2

World English Bible · 22 verses

1. ¹ My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. ⁷ He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. ¹⁰ For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. ¹² to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. ¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. ¹⁶ to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
17. ¹⁷ who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
18. ¹⁸ for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
19. ¹⁹ None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
20. ²⁰ Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
21. ²¹ For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
22. ²² But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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