2Proverbs 2

CHAP. II. / 1 Wisedome promiseth godlinesse to her children, 10 and safety from euill company, 20 and direction in good wayes.

1My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my words, and hide my commaundements with thee;Select Proverbs 2:1

2So that thou incline thine eare vnto wisedome, and apply thine heart to vnderstanding:Select Proverbs 2:2

3Yea if thou cryest after knowledge, and liftest vp thy voyce for vnderstanding:Select Proverbs 2:3

4If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her, as for hid treasures:Select Proverbs 2:4

5Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.Select Proverbs 2:5

6For the Lord giueth wisedome: out of his mouth commeth knowledge, and vnderstanding.Select Proverbs 2:6

7He layeth vp sound wisedome for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walke vprightly.Select Proverbs 2:7

8He keepeth the pathes of iudgement, and preserueth the way of his Saints.Select Proverbs 2:8

9Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equity; yea euery good path.Select Proverbs 2:9

10When wisedome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant vnto thy soule;Select Proverbs 2:10

11Discretion shall preserue thee, vnderstanding shall keepe thee:Select Proverbs 2:11

12To deliuer thee from the way of the euill man, from the man that speaketh froward things.Select Proverbs 2:12

13Who leaue the pathes of vprightnesse, to walke in the wayes of darkenesse:Select Proverbs 2:13

14Who reioyce to doe euill, and delight in the frowardnesse of the wicked.Select Proverbs 2:14

15Whose wayes are crooked, and they froward in their pathes.Select Proverbs 2:15

16To deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her words:Select Proverbs 2:16

17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.Select Proverbs 2:17

18For her house inclineth vnto death, and her pathes vnto the dead:Select Proverbs 2:18

19None that goe vnto her, returne againe, neither take they hold of the pathes of life.Select Proverbs 2:19

20That thou mayest walke in the way of good men, and keepe the pathes of the righteous.Select Proverbs 2:20

21For the vpright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remaine in it.Select Proverbs 2:21

22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressours shalbe rooted out of it.Select Proverbs 2:22