Darby - Proverbs - 2

2:1  My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,

2:2  so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;

2:3  yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;

2:4  if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:

2:5  then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge ofGod.

2:6  For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

2:7  He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [he] is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

2:8  guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of hisgodly ones.

2:9  Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path.

2:10  When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,

2:11  discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

2:12  To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;

2:13  [from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

2:14  who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil;

2:15  whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:

2:16  To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;

2:17  who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of herGod;

2:18  — for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;

2:19  none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

2:20  — that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.

2:21  For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;

2:22  but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it.