Proverbs 2 — GNB

2Verse 1Oh, my son, that thou wouldst receive my words, And treasure up my precepts within thee;^{Verse 2}That thou wouldst apply thine ear to wisdom, And incline thy heart to understanding!^{Verse 3}For if thou wilt call aloud to knowledge, And lift up thy voice to understanding,—^{Verse 4}If thou wilt seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures,^{Verse 5}Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.^{Verse 6}For the LORD giveth wisdom; From his mouth proceed knowledge and understanding:^{Verse 7}He layeth up safety for the righteous; He is a shield to them that walk uprightly:^{Verse 8}He guardeth the paths of equity, And defendeth the way of his servants.^{Verse 9}Then shalt thou understand righteousness and equity And uprightness, yea, every good path.^{Verse 10}When wisdom entereth into thy heart, And knowledge is pleasant to thy soul,^{Verse 11}Discretion will guard thee, Understanding will preserve thee.^{Verse 12}It will deliver thee from the way of the wicked, From the men who speak perverse things;^{Verse 13}Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;^{Verse 14}Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perverseness of the wicked;^{Verse 15}Whose paths are crooked, And who are froward in their ways.^{Verse 16}It will deliver thee from the wife of another, From the stranger, who useth smooth words;^{Verse 17}Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God.^{Verse 18}For her house sinketh down to Death, And her paths to the shades of the dead:^{Verse 19}None that go to her return again; They will not attain the paths of life.^{Verse 20}Therefore walk thou in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous:^{Verse 21}For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the righteous shall remain in it;^{Verse 22}But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And transgressors shall be rooted out of it.