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Proverbs 2:10–13

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10for wisdom will enter your heart,

and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul.g

11Discretion will watch over you;

understanding will protect you,

12in order to deliver you from the way of evil,h

from a man who speaks devious things—

13those who forsake the paths of uprightness

to walk in ways of darkness,

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Footnotes

  1. gOr “inner self”
  2. hOr “evildoer”

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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,

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,

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,

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

When wisdom entereth into thine heart,

And knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

Discretion shall preserve thee,

Understanding shall keep thee:

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man,

From the man that speaketh froward things;

Who leave the paths of uprightness,

To walk in the ways of darkness;