Noyes - Proverbs - 2

2:1  Oh, my son, that thou wouldst receive my words, And treasure up my precepts within thee;

2:2  That thou wouldst apply thine ear to wisdom, And incline thy heart to understanding!

2:3  For if thou wilt call aloud to knowledge, And lift up thy voice to understanding,—

2:4  If thou wilt seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures,

2:5  Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.

2:6  For the LORD giveth wisdom; From his mouth proceed knowledge and understanding:

2:7  He layeth up safety for the righteous; He is a shield to them that walk uprightly:

2:8  He guardeth the paths of equity, And defendeth the way of his servants.

2:9  Then shalt thou understand righteousness and equity And uprightness, yea, every good path.

2:10  When wisdom entereth into thy heart, And knowledge is pleasant to thy soul,

2:11  Discretion will guard thee, Understanding will preserve thee.

2:12  It will deliver thee from the way of the wicked, From the men who speak perverse things;

2:13  Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

2:14  Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perverseness of the wicked;

2:15  Whose paths are crooked, And who are froward in their ways.

2:16  It will deliver thee from the wife of another, From the stranger, who useth smooth words;

2:17  Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God.

2:18  For her house sinketh down to Death, And her paths to the shades of the dead:

2:19  None that go to her return again; They will not attain the paths of life.

2:20  Therefore walk thou in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous:

2:21  For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the righteous shall remain in it;

2:22  But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And transgressors shall be rooted out of it.