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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Proverbs 2 ERV</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/erv/proverbs/2.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/5001.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 4800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 4800px)" href="/4801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1550px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1550px)" href="/1551.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1250px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1250px)" href="/1251.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1050px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1050px)" href="/1051.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 900px), only screen and (max-device-width: 900px)" href="/901.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 800px)" href="/801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 575px), only screen and (max-device-width: 575px)" href="/501.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-height: 450px), only screen and (max-device-height: 450px)" href="/h451.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/combine/proverbs/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ERV</a> > Proverbs 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/1.htm" title="Proverbs 1">◄</a> Proverbs 2 <a href="../proverbs/3.htm" title="Proverbs 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">English Revised Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Benefits of Wisdom</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For the LORD giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, he is a shield to them that walk in integrity;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>That he may guard the paths of judgment, and preserve the way of his saints.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment, and equity, yea, every good path.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For wisdom shall enter into thine heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Discretion shall watch over thee, understanding shall keep thee:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Which forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>None that go unto her return again, neither do they attain unto the paths of life:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and they that deal treacherously shall be rooted out of it.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/proverbs/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>