Proverbs
1
My son[H1121], if thou wilt receive[H3947] my words[H561], and hide[H6845] my commandments[H4687] with thee;
2
So that thou incline[H7181] thine ear[H241] unto wisdom[H2451], and apply[H5186] thine heart[H3820] to understanding[H8394];
3
Yea, if thou criest[H7121] after knowledge[H998], and liftest up[H5414] thy voice[H6963] for understanding[H8394];
4
If thou seekest[H1245] her as silver[H3701], and searchest[H2664] for her as for hid treasures[H4301];
5
Then shalt thou understand[H995] the fear[H3374] of the LORD[H3068], and find[H4672] the knowledge[H1847] of God[H430].
6
For the LORD[H3068] giveth[H5414] wisdom[H2451]: out of his mouth[H6310] cometh knowledge[H1847] and understanding[H8394].
7
He layeth up[H6845] sound wisdom[H8454] for the righteous[H3477]: he is a buckler[H4043] to them that walk[H1980] uprightly[H8537].
8
He keepeth[H5341] the paths[H734] of judgment[H4941], and preserveth[H8104] the way[H1870] of his saints[H2623].
9
Then shalt thou understand[H995] righteousness[H6664], and judgment[H4941], and equity[H4339]; yea, every good[H2896] path[H4570].
10
When wisdom[H2451] entereth[H935] into thine heart[H3820], and knowledge[H1847] is pleasant[H5276] unto thy soul[H5315];
11
Discretion[H4209] shall preserve[H8104] thee, understanding[H8394] shall keep[H5341] thee:
12
To deliver[H5337] thee from the way[H1870] of the evil[H7451] man[H376], from the man[H376] that speaketh[H1696] froward things[H8419];
13
Who leave[H5800] the paths[H734] of uprightness[H3476], to walk[H3212] in the ways[H1870] of darkness[H2822];
14
Who rejoice[H8056] to do[H6213] evil[H7451], and delight[H1523] in the frowardness[H8419] of the wicked[H7451];
15
Whose ways[H734] are crooked[H6141], and they froward[H3868] in their paths[H4570]:
16
To deliver[H5337] thee from the strange[H2114] woman[H802], even from the stranger[H5237] which flattereth[H2505] with her words[H561];
17
Which forsaketh[H5800] the guide[H441] of her youth[H5271], and forgetteth[H7911] the covenant[H1285] of her God[H430].
18
For her house[H1004] inclineth[H7743] unto death[H4194], and her paths[H4570] unto the dead[H7496].
19
None that go[H935] unto her return again[H7725], neither take they hold[H5381] of the paths[H734] of life[H2416].
20
That thou mayest walk[H3212] in the way[H1870] of good[H2896] men, and keep[H8104] the paths[H734] of the righteous[H6662].
21
For the upright[H3477] shall dwell[H7931] in the land[H776], and the perfect[H8549] shall remain[H3498] in it.
22
But the wicked[H7563] shall be cut off[H3772] from the earth[H776], and the transgressors[H898] shall be rooted out[H5255] of it.