Proverbs 2 — KJV

2 Verse 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; ^{Verse 2} So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; ^{Verse 3} Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; ^{Verse 4} If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid 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: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. ^{Verse 7} He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. ^{Verse 8} He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. ^{Verse 9} Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. ^{Verse 10} When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; ^{Verse 11} Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: ^{Verse 12} To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; ^{Verse 13} Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; ^{Verse 14} Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; ^{Verse 15} Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: ^{Verse 16} To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; ^{Verse 17} Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. ^{Verse 18} For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. ^{Verse 19} None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. ^{Verse 20} That thou mayest walk 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 perfect shall remain in it. ^{Verse 22} But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.