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Proverbs 2:10–22

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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.

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  1. nSee ch. 1:4 marg.
  2. och. 6:22 (Heb.).
  3. pDeut. 32:20. ver. 14. ch. 6:14. & 8:13. & 10:31, 32. & 16:28, 30. & 23:33 in the Heb.
  4. qSo Ps. 82:5. Comp. John 3:19, 20.
  5. rSo Jer. 11:15. See ch. 10:23.
  6. sSo Rom. 1:32.
  7. pDeut. 32:20. ver. 14. ch. 6:14. & 8:13. & 10:31, 32. & 16:28, 30. & 23:33 in the Heb.
  8. tSo Ps. 125:5.
  9. uch. 3:32. & 14:2 (Heb.). Is. 30:12 (Heb.). So ch. 4:24 (Heb.).
  10. wch. 7:5.
  11. xch. 5:3, 20. & 22:14. & 23:33.
  12. wch. 7:5.
  13. ych. 5:20. & 6:24. & 20:16? & 23:27. & 27:13 in the Heb.
  14. zPs. 5:9. ch. 6:24.
  15. aJer. 3:4. See Ps. 55:13. Comp. Hos. 2:15. Mal. 2:14, 15.
  16. bSee ch. 7:27.
  17. cver. 9, 15. See Ps. 17:5.
  18. dSee Job 26:5.
  19. eComp. ch. 10:30. See Ps. 37:9.
  20. fSee Ps. 37:38.
  21. gSee Ps. 25:3.
  22. ||Or, pluckt up. Deut. 28:63. Ps. 52:5. ch. 15:25 in the Heb.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

for wisdom will come into your heart,

and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

discretion will watch over you,

understanding will guard you,

delivering you from the way of evil,

from men of perverted speech,

who forsake the paths of uprightness

to walk in the ways of darkness,

who rejoice in doing evil

and delight in the perverseness of evil,

men whose paths are crooked,

and who are devious in their ways.

So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman,

from the adulteress with her smooth words,

who forsakes the companion of her youth

and forgets the covenant of her God;

for her house sinks down to death,

and her paths to the departed;

none who go to her come back,

nor do they regain the paths of life.

So you will walk in the way of the good

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the upright will inhabit the land,

and those with integrity will remain in it,

but the wicked will be cut off from the land,

and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For wisdom will enter your heart,

and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

Discretion will protect you,

and understanding will guard you.

Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,

from men whose words are perverse,

who have left the straight paths

to walk in dark ways,

who delight in doing wrong

and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,

whose paths are crooked

and who are devious in their ways.

Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,

from the wayward woman with her seductive words,

who has left the partner of her youth

and ignored the covenant she made before God.

Surely her house leads down to death

and her paths to the spirits of the dead.

None who go to her return

or attain the paths of life.

Thus you will walk in the ways of the good

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the upright will live in the land,

and the blameless will remain in it;

but the wicked will be cut off from the land,

and the unfaithful will be torn from it.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For wisdom will enter your heart,

and knowledge will delight you.

Discretion will watch over you,

and understanding will guard you.

It will rescue you from the way of evil—

from anyone who says perverse things,

from those who abandon the right paths

to walk in ways of darkness,

from those who enjoy doing evil

and celebrate perversion,

whose paths are crooked,

and whose ways are devious.

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,

from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,

who abandons the companion of her youth

and forgets the covenant of her God;

for her house sinks down to death

and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.

None return who go to her;

none reach the paths of life.

So follow the way of the good,

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the upright will inhabit the land,

and those of integrity will remain in it;

but the wicked will be cut off from the land,

and the treacherous ripped out of it.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

For wisdom will enter your heart,

and knowledge will fill you with joy.

Wise choices will watch over you.

Understanding will keep you safe.

Wisdom will save you from evil people,

from those whose words are twisted.

These men turn from the right way

to walk down dark paths.

They take pleasure in doing wrong,

and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.

Their actions are crooked,

and their ways are wrong.

Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman,

from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.

She has abandoned her husband

and ignores the covenant she made before God.

Entering her house leads to death;

it is the road to the grave.

The man who visits her is doomed.

He will never reach the paths of life.

So follow the steps of the good,

and stay on the paths of the righteous.

For only the godly will live in the land,

and those with integrity will remain in it.

But the wicked will be removed from the land,

and the treacherous will be uprooted.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for wisdom will enter your heart,

and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul.

Discretion will watch over you;

understanding will protect you,

in order to deliver you from the way of evil,

from a man who speaks devious things—

those who forsake the paths of uprightness

to walk in ways of darkness,

those who are happy to do evil,

for they delight in the deviousness of evil,

who are crooked in their ways,

and devious in their paths;

in order to deliver you from a strange woman,

from a foreign woman who flatters with her sayings,

she who forsakes the partner of her youth

and has forgotten the covenant of her God,

for her house sinks to death,

and to the dead are her paths.

Of all who go to her, none shall return,

nor do they reach paths of life.

So that you will walk on the road of those who are good,

and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.

For those who are upright will dwell in the land,

and those who are blameless will remain in it.

And those who are wicked will be cut off from the land,

and those who are treacherous will be uprooted from it.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press