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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 NLT</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><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" 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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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/proverbs/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Benefits of Wisdom</p><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>My child,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> listen to what I say,</p><p class="line2">and treasure my commands.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Tune your ears to wisdom,</p><p class="line2">and concentrate on understanding.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Cry out for insight,</p><p class="line2">and ask for understanding.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Search for them as you would for silver;</p><p class="line2">seek them like hidden treasures.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then you will understand what it means to fear the LORD,</p><p class="line2">and you will gain knowledge of God.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For the LORD grants wisdom!</p><p class="line2">From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest.</p><p class="line2">He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He guards the paths of the just</p><p class="line2">and protects those who are faithful to him.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair,</p><p class="line2">and you will find the right way to go.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For wisdom will enter your heart,</p><p class="line2">and knowledge will fill you with joy.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Wise choices will watch over you.</p><p class="line2">Understanding will keep you safe.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Wisdom will save you from evil people,</p><p class="line2">from those whose words are twisted.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>These men turn from the right way</p><p class="line2">to walk down dark paths.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They take pleasure in doing wrong,</p><p class="line2">and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Their actions are crooked,</p><p class="line2">and their ways are wrong.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman,</p><p class="line2">from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>She has abandoned her husband</p><p class="line2">and ignores the covenant she made before God.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Entering her house leads to death;</p><p class="line2">it is the road to the grave.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The man who visits her is doomed.</p><p class="line2">He will never reach the paths of life.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So follow the steps of the good,</p><p class="line2">and stay on the paths of the righteous.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For only the godly will live in the land,</p><p class="line2">and those with integrity will remain in it.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But the wicked will be removed from the land,</p><p class="line2">and the treacherous will be uprooted.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">My son.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">to the spirits of the dead.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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