ABP - Proverbs - 2

2:1  O son, if receiving the saying of my commandment, you shall hide it unto yourself;

2:2  [2shall obey 3wisdom 1your ear], and you shall set aside your heart unto understanding; and you shall set it for admonition to your son.

2:3  For if [2wisdom 1you should call upon], and [3for understanding 1should give 2your voice];

2:4  and [3perception 1you should seek 2great] with your voice; and if you should seek her as silver, and [2as for 3treasures 1should search her out];

2:5  then you shall perceive the fear of the lord, and [2full knowledge 3of God 1you will find].

2:6  For the lord gives wisdom; and from his presence knowledge and understanding.

2:7  And he treasures up [2to the ones 3keeping straight 1deliverance]; and he will shield their goings;

2:8  to guard the way of right actions; and the way of the ones venerating him he will protect.

2:9  Then you shall perceive righteousness and judgment, and you shall set up all courses of action for good things.

2:10  For if [2shall come 1wisdom] into your consideration, and perception [4for your 5soul 3good 2to be 1shall seem];

2:11  [2counsel 1good] shall guard you, [3reflection 1and 2sacred] will keep you,

2:12  that it should rescue you from [2way 1the evil], and from the man speaking nothing trustworthy.

2:13  O the ones abandoning [2ways 1the straight] to go in the ways of darkness.

2:14  O the ones being glad over evils, and rejoicing over [2perverseness 1evil];

2:15  which paths are crooked, and [3curved 2tracks 1their];

2:16  [3to be far 2you 1to cause] from [2way 1the straight], and alien of a righteous design. O son, you should not let [3overtake you 1bad 2counsel],

2:17  which left the instruction of youth, and [3covenant 2the divine 1forgot].

2:18  For she put [2near 3death 1her house], and [2lead by 3Hades 4with 5the 6earthborn 1her courses of action].

2:19  All the ones coming near with her shall not return; nor shall they overtake [2paths 1straight]; for they are not overtaken by years of life.

2:20  For if they went by [2paths 1good], they would have found even the paths of righteousness smooth. [3will be gracious 1The inhabitants 2of the earth], and the guileless will be left behind in her.

2:21  For the upright shall encamp in the land, and the sacred ones will be left behind in it.

2:22  And the ways of the impious [2from 3the earth 1shall be destroyed], and the lawbreakers shall be banished from it.