Proverbs

Proverbs 2 ©

1 The study of wisdom tendeth to promote godliness, 10 to guard against the seducing of sinners, 20 and to direct men in good and salutary ways.

1

MY son, aif thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

a ch. 1.8; 3.1; 4.1,20,21; 5.1,2,7; 6.20,21; 7.1-3. Ps. 119.9,11,127,128.
2

So that bthou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

b Is. 55.3. v.3,4. Ro. 12.11. Ec. 9.10. Ac. 17.11. Jn. 5.39.
3

Yea, cif thou criest after knowledge, and 1liftest up thy voice for understanding;

c ch. 8.17. Ja. 1.5.
4

If dthou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

d Mat. 6.33; 13.44. ch. 3.14; 8.18,19. Job 28.12-19. Ps. 119.72.
5

eThen shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

e Ho. 6.3. Job 28.28. Mat. 11.25; 13.11. Is. 54.13; 33.6. Je. 31.34.
6

For fthe LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

f 1Ki. 3.9,12. Ja. 1.5,17. Is. 48.17. Ep. 1.17-19; 3.18,19.
7

He layeth up gsound wisdom for the righteous: he is a h*buckler to them that walk uprightly.

g 1Co. 1.24; 2.7. 2Ti. 3.15.
h Ge. 15.1. Ps. 84.9,11; 5.12. ch. 30.5.
8

He ikeepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

i Ps. 5.8; 25.9; 23.3; 66.9; 121.3,8. 1Sa. 2.9. Jude 24. Jn. 10.28,29. 1Pe. 1.5.
9

jThen shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and kequity; yea, every good path.

j Ps. 119.99. v.5,6. ch. 1.2-6. Je. 6.16.
k Ps. 17.2.
10

¶When lwisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

l Job 23.12; 32.12. Ps. 19.10; 119.97-99. Je. 15.16. Col. 3.16.
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mDiscretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

m ch. 6.22,23. Ps. 119.5,7,9,11,34. Ep. 5.15.
12

To ndeliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh o*froward things;

n Ps. 17.4,5. Ep. 5.11,15. ch. 13.20; 9.6.
o Ac. 20.30. 1Co. 15.32.
13

Who pleave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

p Ps. 14.3. ch. 21.16. Ep. 4.18,19. Jn. 3.19,20; 12.35. Ro. 13.12; 1.28.
14

Who qrejoice to do evil, and delight in the *frowardness of the wicked;

q ch. 10.23. Je. 11.15. Ro. 13.12; 1.32.
15

Whose rways are crooked, and they *froward in their paths:

r De. 32.5. Ps. 125.5. Is. 59.8. Ro. 1.28-32. Tit. 3.3.
16

To sdeliver thee from the *strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

s ch. 5.3,20; 7.5; 6.24; 19.27; 9.13-18. Ec. 7.26. Ro. 16.18.
17

Which tforsaketh the uguide of her youth, and forgetteth vthe covenant of her God.

t 1Co. 6.16. Ge. 2.24.
u 1Co. 11.3. Je. 3.1,4.
v Mal. 2.14,15. Ge. 2.24. Ho. 2.15.
18

For wher house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

w ch. 5.5,11; 6.26; 7.27; 9.18.
19

xNone that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

x Ec. 7.26. He. 13.4. Ho. 4.11,14. Re. 22.11. Ps. 81.12. Mat. 7.14.
20

That ythou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

y Ps. 119.5,63,115. He. 6.12. Je. 6.16. ch. 13.20. Ca. 1.8.
21

For zthe upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

z Ps. 37.3,9,11,22,29. Is. 1.19. Job 1.3; 42.12.
22

But athe wicked bshall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be 2rooted out of it.

a Job 18.17. Ps. 104.35; 37.22; 52.5; 10.16. Mal. 4.1.
b Ps. 37.38.