Proverbs 2 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh Gives Wisdom

2My son, if you will ^areceive my wordsAnd ^btreasure my commandments within you,²^aTo make your ear pay attention to wisdom,Incline your heart to discernment;³For if you call out for understanding,Give your voice for discernment;⁴If you seek her as ^asilverAnd search for her as for ^bhidden treasures;⁵Then you will understand the ^afear of YahwehAnd find the knowledge of God.⁶For ^aYahweh gives wisdom;From His mouth come knowledge and discernment.⁷He stores up sound wisdom for the upright,A ^ashield to those who walk in integrity,⁸To guard the paths of justice,And He ^akeeps the way of His holy ones.⁹Then you will understand ^arighteousness and justiceAnd equity—every ^bgood track.¹⁰For ^awisdom will enter your heartAnd ^bknowledge will be pleasant to your soul;¹¹Discretion will ^akeep you,Discernment will guard you,¹²To ^adeliver you from the way of evil,From the man who speaks ^bperverse things;¹³From those who ^aforsake the paths of uprightnessTo walk in the ^bways of darkness;¹⁴Who are ^aglad to do evilAnd they rejoice in the perversity of evil;¹⁵Whose paths are ^acrooked,And who are devious in their tracks;¹⁶To deliver you from the ¹^,^astrange woman,From the ²^,^bforeign woman who flatters with her words;¹⁷Who forsakes the close ^acompanion of her youthAnd forgets the ^bcovenant of her God;¹⁸For ^aher house ¹sinks down to deathAnd her tracks descend to the ²dead;¹⁹All ^awho go to her will not return,And they will not reach the ^bpaths of life.²⁰So that you will ^awalk in the way of good menAnd keep to the ^bpaths of the righteous.²¹For ^athe upright will dwell in the landAnd ^bthe blameless will remain in it;²²But ^athe wicked will be cut off from the landAnd ^bthe treacherous will be ^ctorn away from it.