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Proverbes 2
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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
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Proverbs 2
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
2 My son, if you will receive my words and treasure up my commandments within you,
2 Making your ear attentive to skillful and godly [a]Wisdom and inclining and directing your heart and mind to understanding [applying all your powers to the quest for it];
3 Yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
4 If you seek [Wisdom] as for silver and search for skillful and godly Wisdom as for hidden treasures,
5 Then you will understand the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of [our omniscient] God.(A)
6 For the Lord gives skillful and godly Wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He hides away sound and godly Wisdom and stores it for the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him); He is a shield to those who walk uprightly and in integrity,
8 That He may guard the paths of justice; yes, He preserves the way of His saints.(B)
9 Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and fair dealing [in every area and relation]; yes, you will understand every good path.
10 For skillful and godly Wisdom shall enter into your heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to you.
11 Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you,
12 To deliver you from the way of evil and the evil men, from men who speak perverse things and are liars,
13 Men who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15 Who are crooked in their ways, wayward and devious in their paths.
16 [Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you] to deliver you from the alien woman, from the outsider with her flattering words,(C)
17 Who forsakes the husband and guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
18 For her house sinks down to death and her paths to the spirits [of the dead].
19 None who go to her return again, neither do they attain or regain the paths of life.
20 So may you walk in the way of good men, and keep to the paths of the [consistently] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God).
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the men of integrity, blameless and complete [in God’s sight], shall remain in it;
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:2 See footnote on Prov. 1:2.
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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