Proverbs_Chapter 2

My son, if you receive my words and remember my commands,

Listen attentively to wisdom and focus on seeking wisdom.

Calling for wisdom, shouting for wisdom,

Searching for him is like searching for silver, searching for him is like searching for hidden treasures,

You will understand the fear of the Lord and be able to know God.

Because the Lord gives wisdom to people. Knowledge and intelligence come from his mouth.

He preserves true wisdom for the upright, and serves as a shield for those whose behavior is pure.

To preserve the path of the just and protect the way of the devout.

You will also understand righteousness, fairness, uprightness, and all good ways.

Wisdom will enter your heart. Your spirit should be beautiful with knowledge.

Strategy will protect you. Wisdom will keep you safe.

To save you from the evil way, from those who speak perverse words.

Those who abandon the path of righteousness and walk in the path of darkness,

Joyful in doing evil, fond of the wickedness of the wicked.

Curved in their path, remote on their path.

Wisdom will save you from the lewd woman, who is the smooth tongued woman.

She abandoned her childhood spouse and forgot the covenant of God.

Her home has fallen to a dead end, and her path leans towards the underworld.

Those who go to her cannot turn back, nor can they find the path of life.

Wisdom will make you walk in the way of the good and keep the path of the righteous.

The upright will dwell in the world. A perfect person must remain on the ground.

Only the wicked will be cut off. The deceitful will inevitably be pulled out.