Proverbs 2
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
The Value of Wisdom
2 My child, if you accept my words
and treasure up my commandments within you,
2 making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
3 if you indeed cry out for insight,
and raise your voice for understanding;
4 if you seek it like silver,
and search for it as for hidden treasures—
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,
8 guarding the paths of justice
and preserving the way of his faithful ones.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path;
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,
14 who rejoice in doing evil
and delight in the perverseness of evil;
15 those whose paths are crooked,
and who are devious in their ways.
16 You will be saved from the loose[a] woman,
from the adulteress with her smooth words,
17 who forsakes the partner of her youth
and forgets her sacred covenant;
18 for her way[b] leads down to death,
and her paths to the shades;
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.
21 For the upright will abide in the land,
and the innocent will remain in it;
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:16 Heb strange
- Proverbs 2:18 Cn: Heb house
Proverbs 2
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Wisdom’s Worth
2 My son, if you accept my words(A)
and store up my commands within you,
2 listening closely[a] to wisdom
and directing your heart to understanding;
3 furthermore, if you call out to insight
and lift your voice to understanding,
4 if you seek it like silver
and search for it like hidden treasure,(B)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and discover the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.(C)
7 He stores up success[b] for the upright;
He is a shield for those who live with integrity(D)
8 so that He may guard the paths of justice
and protect the way of His loyal followers.(E)
9 Then you will understand righteousness, justice,
and integrity—every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter your mind,
and knowledge will delight your heart.
11 Discretion will watch over you,
and understanding will guard you,(F)
12 rescuing you from the way of evil—
from the one who says perverse things,
13 from those who abandon the right paths
to walk in ways of darkness,(G)
14 from those who enjoy doing evil(H)
and celebrate perversion,
15 whose paths are crooked,(I)
and whose ways are devious.(J)
16 It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,(K)
from a stranger[c] with her flattering talk,(L)
17 who abandons the companion of her youth(M)
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.(N)
19 None return who go to her;
none reach the paths of life.(O)
20 So follow the way of good people,(P)
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those of integrity will remain in it;(Q)
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land,(R)
and the treacherous uprooted from it.(S)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:2 Lit you, stretching out your ear
- Proverbs 2:7 Or resourcefulness
- Proverbs 2:16 Or foreign woman
Ordspråksboken 2
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
2 Min son, om du tar emot mina ord
och bevarar mina bud inom dig,
2 om du lyssnar till visheten
och öppnar ditt hjärta för kunskapen,
3 om du ropar efter insikt
och höjer din röst för att kalla på förstånd,
4 om du söker efter den
som efter silver eller en gömd skatt,
5 då ska du förstå Herrens fruktan
och finna kunskapen om Gud.
6 För Herren ger vishet,
och från hans mun kommer kunskap och förstånd.
7 Han har framgång i beredskap åt de rättsinniga
och är de oförvitligas sköld.
8 Han beskyddar det rättas väg
och skyddar de trognas stigar.
9 Då kommer du att förstå vad rättfärdighet, rätt och ärlighet är,
det godas alla vägar.
10 För visheten träder in i ditt hjärta
och kunskapen gläder ditt sinne.
11 Klokheten ska värna dig
och insikten beskydda dig.
12 Den räddar dig från de ondas väg,
från dem som förvränger sanningen,
13 som lämnar den rätta vägen
och vandrar på mörkrets stigar,
14 de som gläder sig åt ondskans gärningar
och finner nöje i allt som är ont och perverst,
15 de som vandrar på slingriga stigar och villovägar.
16 Den räddar dig från den främmande kvinnan,
den fräcka, som förför med sina ord,
17 som har lämnat sin ungdoms vän
och glömt förbundet med sin Gud.
18 Hennes hus leder till de döda
och hennes väg till de dödas andar[a].
19 De som går in till henne kommer aldrig tillbaka
och finner aldrig livets vägar.
20 Gå därför de godas väg
och håll dig på de rättfärdigas stigar.
21 De rättfärdiga ska få bo i landet,
de oförvitliga får stanna där.
22 Men de onda ska utrotas ur landet
och de trolösa ryckas bort därifrån.
New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
Swedish Contemporary Bible (nuBibeln) Copyright © 2015 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.