Proverbs 2:1 My son,1121 if you will receive3947 my words,561 and store6845 up my commandments4687 within you; cr 2 So as to turn7181 your ear241 to wisdom,2451 and apply5186 your heart3820 to understanding;8394 cr 3 Yes, if you call7121 out for discernment,998 and lift up5414 your voice6963 for understanding;8394 cr 4 If you seek1245 her as silver,3701 and search2664 for her as for hidden treasures:4301 cr 5 {The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).} then you will understand995 the fear3374 of Yahweh,3068 and find4672 the knowledge1847 of God.430 cr 6 For Yahweh3068 gives5414 wisdom.2451 Out of his mouth6310 comes knowledge1847 and understanding.8394 cr 7 He lays up6845 sound wisdom8454 for the upright.3477 He is a shield4043 to those who walk1980 in integrity;8537 cr 8 that he may guard5341 the paths734 of justice,4941 and preserve8104 the way1870 of his saints.2623 cr 9 Then you will understand995 righteousness6664 and justice,4941 equity4339 and every good2896 path.4570 cr 10 For wisdom2451 will enter935 into your heart.3820 Knowledge1847 will be pleasant5276 to your soul.5315 cr 11 Discretion4209 will watch8104 over you. Understanding8394 will keep8104 you, cr 12 to deliver5337 you from the way1870 of evil,7451 from the men376 who speak1696 perverse things;8419 cr 13 who forsake5800 the paths734 of uprightness,3476 to walk3212 in the ways1870 of darkness;2822 cr 14 who rejoice8056 to do6213 evil,7451 and delight1523 in the perverseness8419 of evil;7451 cr 15 who are crooked6141 in their ways,734 and wayward3868 in their paths:4570 cr 16 To deliver5337 you from the strange2114 woman,802 even from the foreigner5237 who flatters2505 with her words;561 cr 17 who forsakes5800 the friend441 of her youth,5271 and forgets7911 the covenant1285 of her God:430 cr 18 for her house1004 leads down7743 to death,4194 her paths4570 to the dead.7496 cr 19 None who go935 to her return again,7725 neither do they attain5381 to the paths734 of life:2416 cr 20 that you may walk3212 in the way1870 of good2896 men, and keep8104 the paths734 of the righteous.6662 cr 21 For the upright3477 will dwell7931 in the land.776 The perfect8549 will remain3498 in it. cr 22 But the wicked7563 will be cut off3772 from the land.776 The treacherous898 will be rooted out5255 of it. cr