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
Christian Standard Bible
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will delight you.
11 Discretion will watch over you,
and understanding will guard you.(A)
12 It will rescue you from the way of evil—
from anyone who says perverse things,
13 from those who abandon the right paths
to walk in ways of darkness,(B)
14 from those who enjoy doing evil(C)
and celebrate perversion,
15 whose paths are crooked,(D)
and whose ways are devious.(E)
16 It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,(F)
from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,(G)
17 who abandons the companion of her youth(H)
and forgets the covenant of her God;
18 for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.(I)
19 None return who go to her;
none reach the paths of life.(J)
20 So follow the way of the good,(K)
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
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