Proverbs 2

2^aMy son, if thou wilt receive my words,

^aAnd ^bhide my commandments with thee;

²So that thou ^bbincline thine ear unto wisdom,

And apply thine heart to understanding;

³Yea, if thou criest after ^cknowledge,

And ^†liftest up thy voice for understanding;

⁴If thou seekest her ^das silver,

And searchest for her as for ^ehid treasures;

^5kThen shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord,

And find the knowledge of God.

⁶For ^fthe Lord giveth wisdom:

Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

⁷He ^blayeth up ^gsound wisdom for the righteous:

He is a ^hbuckler to them that ⁱwalk uprightly.

⁸He ⁱⁱkeepeth the paths of judgment,

And ^jpreserveth the way of his saints.

^9kThen shalt thou understand ^lrighteousness, and judgment,

And ^mequity; yea, every good path.

¹⁰When wisdom entereth into thine heart,

And knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

¹¹ⁿDiscretion ^oshall preserve thee,

Understanding shall keep thee:

¹²To deliver thee from the way of the evil man,

From the man that speaketh ^pfroward things;

¹³Who leave the paths of uprightness,

To ^qwalk in the ways of darkness;

^14rWho rejoice to do evil,

And ^sdelight in the ^pfrowardness of the wicked;

¹⁵Whose ways are ^tcrooked,

And they ^ufroward in their paths:

^16wTo deliver thee from the ^xstrange woman,

^wEven from ^ythe stranger which ^zflattereth with her words;

¹⁷Which forsaketh ^athe guide of her youth,

And forgetteth the covenant of her God.

¹⁸For ^bher house inclineth unto death,

And her ^cpaths unto ^dthe dead.

¹⁹None that go unto her return again,

Neither take they hold of the paths of life.

²⁰That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,

And keep the paths of the righteous.

²¹For the upright ^eshall dwell in the land,

And the perfect shall remain in it.

²²But the wicked ^fshall be cut off from the earth,

And ^gthe transgressors shall be ^||rooted out of it.