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World English Bible
Proverbs 2 (WEBP)
[1] My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
[2] so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
[3] yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up 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 Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.§
[6] For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
[7] He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
[8] that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
[9] Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
[10] For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
[11] Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
[12] to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
[13] who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,
[14] who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
[15] who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
[16] to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
[17] who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;
[18] for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
[19] None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
[20] Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
[21] For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
[22] But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
Proverbs 2:5 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.
King James w/Strong’s #s
Proverbs 2 (KJVS)
[1] My son H1121, if thou wilt receive H3947 (8799) my words H561, and hide H6845 (8799) my commandments H4687 with thee;
[2] So that thou incline H7181 (8687) thine ear H241 unto wisdom H2451, [and] apply H5186 (8686) thine heart H3820 to understanding H8394;
[3] Yea, if thou criest H7121 (8799) after knowledge H998, [and] liftest up H5414 (8799) thy voice H6963 for understanding H8394;
[4] If thou seekest H1245 (8762) her as silver H3701, and searchest H2664 (8799) for her as [for] hid treasures H4301;
[5] Then shalt thou understand H995 (8799) the fear H3374 of the LORD H3068, and find H4672 (8799) the knowledge H1847 of God H430.
[6] For the LORD H3068 giveth H5414 (8799) wisdom H2451: out of his mouth H6310 [cometh] knowledge H1847 and understanding H8394.
[7] He layeth up H6845 (8799) (8675) H6845 (8804) sound wisdom H8454 for the righteous H3477: [he is] a buckler H4043 to them that walk H1980 (8802) uprightly H8537.
[8] He keepeth H5341 (8800) the paths H734 of judgment H4941, and preserveth H8104 (8799) the way H1870 of his saints H2623.
[9] Then shalt thou understand H995 (8799) righteousness H6664, and judgment H4941, and equity H4339; [yea], every good H2896 path H4570.
[10] When wisdom H2451 entereth H935 (8799) into thine heart H3820, and knowledge H1847 is pleasant H5276 (8799) unto thy soul H5315;
[11] Discretion H4209 shall preserve H8104 (8799) thee, understanding H8394 shall keep H5341 (8799) thee:
[12] To deliver H5337 (8687) thee from the way H1870 of the evil H7451 [man], from the man H376 that speaketh H1696 (8764) froward things H8419;
[13] Who leave H5800 (8802) the paths H734 of uprightness H3476, to walk H3212 (8800) in the ways H1870 of darkness H2822;
[14] Who rejoice H8056 to do H6213 (8800) evil H7451, [and] delight H1523 (8799) in the frowardness H8419 of the wicked H7451;
[15] Whose ways H734 [are] crooked H6141, and [they] froward H3868 (8737) in their paths H4570:
[16] To deliver H5337 (8687) thee from the strange H2114 (8801) woman H802, [even] from the stranger H5237 [which] flattereth H2505 (8689) with her words H561;
[17] Which forsaketh H5800 (8802) the guide H441 of her youth H5271, and forgetteth H7911 (8804) the covenant H1285 of her God H430.
[18] For her house H1004 inclineth H7743 (8804) unto death H4194, and her paths H4570 unto the dead H7496.
[19] None that go H935 (8802) unto her return again H7725 (8799), neither take they hold H5381 (8686) of the paths H734 of life H2416.
[20] That thou mayest walk H3212 (8799) in the way H1870 of good H2896 [men], and keep H8104 (8799) the paths H734 of the righteous H6662.
[21] For the upright H3477 shall dwell H7931 (8799) in the land H776, and the perfect H8549 shall remain H3498 (8735) in it.
[22] But the wicked H7563 shall be cut off H3772 (8735) from the earth H776, and the transgressors H898 (8802) shall be rooted out H5255 (8799) of it.
Young’s Literal Translation
Proverbs 2 (YLT)
[1] My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,
[2] To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
[3] For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
[4] If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
[5] Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.
[6] For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.
[7] Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.
[8] To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.
[9] Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness-every good path.
[10] For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,
[11] Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,
[12] To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,
[13] Who are forsaking paths of uprightness , To walk in ways of darkness,
[14] Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,
[15] Whose paths are crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.
[16] To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
[17] Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
[18] For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
[19] None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
[20] That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
[21] For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
[22] And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!