Proverbs 2

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

Words in italics were supplied by the translators.

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