Proverbs 2:1-20

Proverbs 2:1-20

[1] My son,  if thou wilt receive  my words,  and hide  my commandments  [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  [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,  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] in the way  of good  men, and keep  the paths  of the righteous.