Proverbs 2:10-20
New American Standard Bible
10 For (A)wisdom will enter your heart,
And (B)knowledge will be delightful to your soul;
11 Discretion will (C)watch over you,
Understanding will guard you,
12 To (D)rescue you from the way of evil,
From a person who speaks (E)perverse things;
13 From those who (F)leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the (G)ways of darkness;
14 Who (H)delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
15 Whose paths are (I)crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
16 To (J)rescue you from the strange woman,
From the (K)foreign woman who flatters with her words,
17 Who leaves the (L)companion of her youth
And forgets the (M)covenant of her God;
18 For (N)her house sinks down to death,
And her tracks lead to the [a]dead;
19 None (O)who go to her return,
Nor do they reach the (P)paths of life.
20 So you will (Q)walk in the way of good people
And keep to the (R)paths of the righteous.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:18 Lit departed spirits
Proverbs 2:10-20
Common English Bible
10 Wisdom will enter your mind,
and knowledge will fill you with delight.
11 Discretion will guard you;
understanding will protect you.
12 Wisdom will rescue you from the evil path,
from people who twist their words.
13 They forsake the way of integrity
and go on obscure paths.
14 They enjoy doing evil,
rejoicing in their twisted evil.
15 Their paths are confused;
they get lost on their way.
16 Wisdom will rescue you from the mysterious woman,
from the foreign woman with her slick words.
17 She leaves behind the partner of her youth;
she even forgets her covenant with God.
18 Her house sinks down to death,
and her paths go down to the shadowy dead.
19 All those who go to her will never return;
they will never again reach the ways of the living.
20 So you should stay on the path of good people,
guarding the road of the righteous.
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