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Proverbs 2
Evangelical Heritage Version
Proverbs 2
Evangelical Heritage Version
Second Address to a Son: Wisdom Provides Protection
2 My son, if you accept my words,
if you store up my commands within you,
2 by paying attention[a] to wisdom with your ear,
by reaching out for understanding with your heart,
3 if indeed you call out for intelligence,
if you raise your voice for understanding,
4 if you search for it like silver,
if you hunt for it like hidden treasure,
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
then you will find the knowledge of God,
6 because the Lord gives wisdom.
Knowledge and understanding come from his mouth.
7 He stores up sound judgment for upright people.
He is a shield for those who walk in integrity.
8 He protects those who walk on paths of justice.
He guards the way of his favored ones.[b]
9 Then you will understand righteousness, justice,
and fairness—every good path,
10 because wisdom will come into your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant for your soul.
11 Foresight will stand guard over you.
Understanding will protect you.
12 It will save you from the evil way,
from the man who speaks perverse things,
13 from those who abandon upright paths
in order to walk in the ways of darkness.
14 It will save you from those who enjoy doing evil,
from those who celebrate the twisted ways of evil,
15 from those whose paths are crooked,
and from those whose ways are devious.
Wisdom Protects You From the Adulterous Woman
16 Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman,[c]
from the unfaithful woman[d] with her seductive words,
17 who abandons the husband of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God.
18 So she sinks down to death, which becomes her house.[e]
Her way of life leads down to the spirits of the dead.
19 All who enter her house never return.
They never reach the paths of life.
Admonition to Live Righteously
20 This is how to walk in the way of good people,
how to stay on the paths of the righteous.
21 Yes, the upright will live in the land,
and people with integrity will remain in it,
22 but wicked people will be cut off from the land,
and treacherous people will be torn out of it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:2 Or so you can pay attention
- Proverbs 2:8 Or those who are merciful or those who have received his mercy
- Proverbs 2:16 Literally from the strange woman, that is, one who is married to another man
- Proverbs 2:16 Literally from the foreign woman, that is, one who is married to another man
- Proverbs 2:18 The line is difficult and the translation is uncertain.
Proverbes 2
La Bible du Semeur
Proverbes 2
La Bible du Semeur
Pourquoi rechercher la sagesse
2 Mon fils, si tu acceptes mes paroles,
si tu conserves mes préceptes au fond de toi-même,
2 si tu prêtes une oreille attentive à la sagesse,
en inclinant ton cœur vers l’intelligence,
3 oui, si tu fais appel au discernement,
si tu recherches l’intelligence,
4 si tu la recherches comme de l’argent,
si tu creuses pour la trouver comme pour découvrir des trésors[a],
5 alors tu comprendras ce qu’est craindre l’Eternel,
et tu apprendras à connaître Dieu.
6 Car l’Eternel donne la sagesse,
et ce sont ses paroles qui procurent la connaissance et l’intelligence.
7 Il réserve son secours aux hommes droits.
Comme un bouclier, il protège ceux qui vivent de manière intègre.
8 Il préserve ceux qui vivent selon la droiture.
Il veille sur le cheminement de ceux qui lui sont fidèles.
9 Alors tu apprendras à discerner ce qui est juste, conforme au droit, à vivre selon la droiture,
et à reconnaître tous les sentiers du bien.
10 Alors la sagesse pénétrera dans ton cœur
et la connaissance fera tes délices.
11 La réflexion sera ta sauvegarde
et l’intelligence veillera sur toi
12 pour te préserver de la mauvaise voie et des hommes qui tiennent des propos fourbes,
13 de ceux qui abandonnent le droit chemin
pour s’engager dans des sentiers obscurs,
14 qui prennent plaisir à faire le mal,
qui sont tout contents de s’enfoncer dans la perversité,
15 dont les chemins sont tortueux
et le comportement pervers.
16 Alors tu seras aussi préservé de la femme d’autrui,
de l’inconnue[b] aux paroles enjôleuses,
17 qui abandonne l’époux de sa jeunesse
et qui a oublié l’alliance conclue au nom de son Dieu[c].
18 Elle sombre vers la mort qui est sa demeure[d],
et sa conduite mène au séjour des trépassés ;
19 aucun de ceux qui vont chez elle n’en revient,
aucun ne retrouve les chemins de la vie.
20 Si tu écoutes mes conseils, tu marcheras sur le chemin des hommes de bien
et tu suivras les sentiers des justes.
21 Car les hommes droits habiteront le pays[e],
et ceux qui sont intègres s’y maintiendront,
22 mais les méchants en seront extirpés,
et les traîtres en seront arrachés.
Proverbs 2
New International Version
Proverbs 2
New International Version
Moral Benefits of Wisdom
2 My son,(A) if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,
2 turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding(B)—
3 indeed, if you call out for insight(C)
and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,(D)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(E)
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;(F)
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(G)
7 He holds success in store for the upright,
he is a shield(H) to those whose walk is blameless,(I)
8 for he guards the course of the just
and protects the way of his faithful ones.(J)
9 Then you will understand(K) what is right and just
and fair—every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,(L)
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.(M)
12 Wisdom will save(N) 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,(O)
14 who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,(P)
15 whose paths are crooked(Q)
and who are devious in their ways.(R)
16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(S)
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](T)
18 Surely her house leads down to death
and her paths to the spirits of the dead.(U)
19 None who go to her return
or attain the paths of life.(V)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:17 Or covenant of her God
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