Proverbs 2

About Proverbs Proverbs collects short sayings of practical wisdom for daily life, rooted in the fear of the LORD.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;SelectedProverbs 2:1Ask

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;SelectedProverbs 2:2Ask

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;SelectedProverbs 2:3Ask

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;SelectedProverbs 2:4Ask

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.SelectedProverbs 2:5Ask

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.SelectedProverbs 2:6Ask

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.SelectedProverbs 2:7Ask

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.SelectedProverbs 2:8Ask

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.SelectedProverbs 2:9Ask

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;SelectedProverbs 2:10Ask

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:SelectedProverbs 2:11Ask

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;SelectedProverbs 2:12Ask

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;SelectedProverbs 2:13Ask

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;SelectedProverbs 2:14Ask

Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:SelectedProverbs 2:15Ask

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;SelectedProverbs 2:16Ask

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.SelectedProverbs 2:17Ask

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.SelectedProverbs 2:18Ask

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.SelectedProverbs 2:19Ask

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.SelectedProverbs 2:20Ask

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.SelectedProverbs 2:21Ask

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.SelectedProverbs 2:22Ask

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