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Proverbs 2:10-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 2:10-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
10 for wisdom will come into your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11 prudence will watch over you,
and understanding will guard you.
12 It will save you from the way of evil,
from those who speak perversely,
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,(A)
14 who rejoice in doing evil
and delight in the perverseness of evil,(B)
15 those whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways.(C)
16 You will be saved from the loose woman,[a]
from the adulteress[b] with her smooth words,(D)
17 who forsakes the partner of her youth
and forgets her sacred covenant,
18 for her way[c] leads down to death
and her paths to the shades;(E)
19 those who go to her never come back,
nor do they regain the paths of life.
20 Therefore walk in the way of the good,
and keep to the paths of the just.
Proverbs 2:10-20
New International Version
Proverbs 2:10-20
New International Version
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,(A)
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.(B)
12 Wisdom will save(C) you from the ways of wicked men,
from men whose words are perverse,
13 who have left the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,(D)
14 who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,(E)
15 whose paths are crooked(F)
and who are devious in their ways.(G)
16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(H)
from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17 who has left the partner of her youth
and ignored the covenant she made before God.[a](I)
18 Surely her house leads down to death
and her paths to the spirits of the dead.(J)
19 None who go to her return
or attain the paths of life.(K)
20 Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:17 Or covenant of her God
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