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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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" /><title>Proverbs 2 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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" 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class="ln-group">My son, if you receive my words</span><br /><span class="indent">and treasure up my commandments with you,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">making your ear attentive to wisdom</span><br /><span class="indent">and inclining your heart to understanding;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">yes, if you call out for insight</span><br /><span class="indent">and raise your voice for understanding,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">if you seek it like silver</span><br /><span class="indent">and search for it as for hidden treasures,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">then you will understand the fear of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent">and find the knowledge of God.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> gives wisdom;</span><br /><span class="indent">from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;</span><br /><span class="indent">he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">guarding the paths of justice</span><br /><span class="indent">and watching over the way of his saints.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Then you will understand righteousness and justice</span><br /><span class="indent">and equity, every good path;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">for wisdom will come into your heart,</span><br /><span class="indent">and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">discretion will watch over you,</span><br /><span class="indent">understanding will guard you,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">delivering you from the way of evil,</span><br /><span class="indent">from men of perverted speech,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">who forsake the paths of uprightness</span><br /><span class="indent">to walk in the ways of darkness,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">who rejoice in doing evil</span><br /><span class="indent">and delight in the perverseness of evil,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">men whose paths are crooked,</span><br /><span class="indent">and who are devious in their ways.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">So you will be delivered from the forbidden<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew strange">a</a></sup></span> woman,</span><br /><span class="indent">from the adulteress<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew foreign woman">b</a></sup></span> with her smooth words,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">who forsakes the companion of her youth</span><br /><span class="indent">and forgets the covenant of her God;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">for her house sinks down to death,</span><br /><span class="indent">and her paths to the departed;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew to the Rephaim">c</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">none who go to her come back,</span><br /><span class="indent">nor do they regain the paths of life.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">So you will walk in the way of the good</span><br /><span class="indent">and keep to the paths of the righteous.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the upright will inhabit the land,</span><br /><span class="indent">and those with integrity will remain in it,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">but the wicked will be cut off from the land,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Hebrew <i>strange</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Hebrew <i>foreign woman</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">to the</span> Rephaim</i><br /></span></div></div><div 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