Proverbs 2
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
World English Bible
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee;
1My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
2So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, and thy heart incline to discernment;
2so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
3Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment;
3yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
4If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
4if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
5then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6For the LORD giveth wisdom, out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment;
6For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
7He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8That He may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of His godly ones.
8that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
9Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity, yea, every good path.
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
10For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
10For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;
11Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
12To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
13who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,
14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths;
15who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;
16to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
17That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
17who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;
18For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades;
18for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
19None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto the paths of life;
19None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
20Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the whole-hearted shall remain in it.
21For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
22But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it.
22But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
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