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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, if thou wilt receive () my words, And hide () my commandments with thee;
[2] So that thou incline () thine ear unto wisdom, And apply () thine heart to understanding;
[3] Yea, if thou criest () after knowledge, And liftest up () thy voice for understanding;
[4] If thou seekest () her as silver, And searchest () for her as for hid treasures;
[5] Then shalt thou understand () the fear of the Lord, And find () the knowledge of God.
[6] For the Lord giveth () wisdom: Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
[7] He layeth up () () () sound wisdom for the righteous: He is a buckler to them that walk () uprightly.
[8] He keepeth () the paths of judgment, And preserveth () the way of his saints.
[9] Then shalt thou understand () righteousness, and judgment, And equity; yea, every good path.
[10] When wisdom entereth () into thine heart, And knowledge is pleasant () unto thy soul;
[11] Discretion shall preserve () thee, Understanding shall keep () thee:
[12] To deliver () thee from the way of the evil man, From the man that speaketh () froward things;
[13] Who leave () the paths of uprightness, To walk () in the ways of darkness;
[14] Who rejoice to do () evil, And delight () in the frowardness of the wicked;
[15] Whose ways are crooked, And they froward () in their paths:
[16] To deliver () thee from the strange () woman, Even from the stranger which flattereth () with her words;
[17] Which forsaketh () the guide of her youth, And forgetteth () the covenant of her God.
[18] For her house inclineth () unto death, And her paths unto the dead.
[19] None that go () unto her return again, () Neither take they hold () of the paths of life.
[20] That thou mayest walk () in the way of good men, And keep () the paths of the righteous.
[21] For the upright shall dwell () in the land, And the perfect shall remain () in it.
[22] But the wicked shall be cut off () from the earth, And the transgressors () shall be rooted out () of it.

Proverbs 2:3 Heb. givest thy voice
Proverbs 2:22 Or, plucked up

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Proverbs 2 (BYZ)

[1] Υἱέ, () ἐὰν () δεξάμενος () ῥῆσιν ἐμῆς () ἐντολῆς () κρύψῃς () παρὰ () σεαυτῷ, ()
[2] ὑπακούσεται () σοφίας () τὸ () οὖς () σου, () καὶ () παραβαλεῖς () καρδίαν () σου () εἰς () σύνεσιν, () παραβαλεῖς () δὲ () αὐτὴν () ἐπὶ () νουθέτησιν τῷ () υἱῷ () σου. ()
[3] Ἐὰν () γὰρ () τὴν () σοφίαν () ἐπικαλέσῃ καὶ () τῇ () συνέσει () δῷς () φωνήν () σου, () τὴν () δὲ () αἴσθησιν () ζητήσῃς () μεγάλῃ () τῇ () φωνῇ, ()
[4] καὶ () ἐὰν () ζητήσῃς () αὐτὴν () ὡς () ἀργύριον () καὶ () ὡς () θησαυροὺς () ἐξερευνήσῃς () αὐτήν, ()
[5] τότε () συνήσεις () φόβον () κυρίου () καὶ () ἐπίγνωσιν () θεοῦ () εὑρήσεις. ()
[6] Ὅτι () κύριος () δίδωσιν () σοφίαν, () καὶ () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () αὐτοῦ () γνῶσις () καὶ () σύνεσις· ()
[7] καὶ () θησαυρίζει () τοῖς () κατορθοῦσι σωτηρίαν, () ὑπερασπιεῖ τὴν () πορείαν () αὐτῶν ()
[8] τοῦ () φυλάξαι () ὁδοὺς () δικαιωμάτων () καὶ () ὁδὸν () εὐλαβουμένων () αὐτὸν () διαφυλάξει. ()
[9] Τότε () συνήσεις () δικαιοσύνην () καὶ () κρίμα () καὶ () κατορθώσεις πάντας () ἄξονας ἀγαθούς. ()
[10] Ἐὰν () γὰρ () ἔλθῃ () ἡ () σοφία () εἰς () σὴν () διάνοιαν, () ἡ () δὲ () αἴσθησις () τῇ () σῇ () ψυχῇ () καλὴ εἶναι () δόξῃ, ()
[11] βουλὴ () καλὴ φυλάξει () σε, () ἔννοια () δὲ () ὁσία () τηρήσει () σε, ()
[12] ἵνα () ῥύσηταί () σε () ἀπὸ () ὁδοῦ () κακῆς () καὶ () ἀπὸ () ἀνδρὸς () λαλοῦντος () μηδὲν () πιστόν. ()
[13] Ὦ () οἱ () ἐγκαταλείποντες () ὁδοὺς () εὐθείας () τοῦ () πορεύεσθαι () ἐν () ὁδοῖς () σκότους, ()
[14] οἱ () εὐφραινόμενοι () ἐπὶ () κακοῖς () καὶ () χαίροντες () ἐπὶ () διαστροφῇ κακῇ, ()
[15] ὧν () αἱ () τρίβοι () σκολιαὶ () καὶ () καμπύλαι αἱ () τροχιαὶ () αὐτῶν ()
[16] τοῦ () μακράν () σε () ποιῆσαι () ἀπὸ () ὁδοῦ () εὐθείας () καὶ () ἀλλότριον () τῆς () δικαίας () γνώμης. ()
[17] Υἱέ, () μή () σε () καταλάβῃ () κακὴ () βουλὴ () ἡ () ἀπολείπουσα () διδασκαλίαν () νεότητος () καὶ () διαθήκην () θείαν () ἐπιλελησμένη· ()
[18] ἔθετο () γὰρ () παρὰ () τῷ () θανάτῳ () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτῆς () καὶ () παρὰ () τῷ () ᾅδῃ () μετὰ () τῶν () γηγενῶν τοὺς () ἄξονας αὐτῆς· ()
[19] πάντες () οἱ () πορευόμενοι () ἐν () αὐτῇ () οὐκ () ἀναστρέψουσιν () οὐδὲ () μὴ () καταλάβωσιν () τρίβους () εὐθείας· () οὐ () γὰρ () καταλαμβάνονται () ὑπὸ () ἐνιαυτῶν () ζωῆς. ()
[20] Εἰ () γὰρ () ἐπορεύοντο () τρίβους () ἀγαθάς, () εὕροσαν () ἂν () τρίβους () δικαιοσύνης () λείους.
[21] Χρηστοὶ () ἔσονται () οἰκήτορες γῆς, () ἄκακοι () δὲ () ὑπολειφθήσονται () ἐν () αὐτῇ, () ὅτι () εὐθεῖς () κατασκηνώσουσι () γῆν, () καὶ () ὅσιοι () ὑπολειφθήσονται () ἐν () αὐτῇ· ()
[22] ὁδοὶ () ἀσεβῶν () ἐκ () γῆς () ὀλοῦνται, οἱ () δὲ () παράνομοι ἐξωσθήσονται () ἀπ’ () αὐτῆς. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.