Proverbs 2:1-19 ▼

1 My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you,

2 Make your ear attentive to wisdom; Incline your heart to understanding.

3 For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding;

4 If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;

5 Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And discover the knowledge of God.

6 For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

8 Guarding the paths of justice, And He watches over the way of His godly ones.

9 Then you will discern righteousness, justice, And integrity, and every good path.

10 For wisdom will enter your heart, And knowledge will be delightful to your soul;

11 Discretion will watch over you, Understanding will guard you,

12 To rescue you from the way of evil, From a person who speaks perverse things;

13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;

14 Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;

15 Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways;

16 To rescue you from the strange woman, From the foreign woman who flatters with her words,

17 Who leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;

18 For her house sinks down to death, And her tracks lead to the dead;

19 None who go to her return, Nor do they reach the paths of life.