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Proverbs 2:10-20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 2:10-20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
10 For wisdom will enter your mind,
and knowledge will delight your heart.
11 Discretion will watch over you,
and understanding will guard you,(A)
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,(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 stranger[a] 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 good people,(K)
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:16 Or foreign woman
Proverbs 2:10-20
International Standard Version
Proverbs 2:10-20
International Standard Version
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion[a] will protect you;
understanding will watch over you,
12 delivering you from the way of evil,
from men who speak perverse things,
13 and from those who abandon the right[b] path
to travel along the ways of darkness;
14 who delight in doing evil,
and rejoice in the perverseness of evil;
15 whose paths are crooked
and who are devious in their ways,
16 delivering you from the adulteress,
from the immoral[c] woman with her seductive words,
17 someone who abandoned the companion of her youth
and forgot the covenant of her God.
18 For her house leads down to death,
and her paths down to the realm of the dead.
19 None who go to her return,
nor do they reach the paths of life.
20 This is how you will walk in the way of good men
and will keep to the paths of the righteous.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:11 Or Wise planning
- Proverbs 2:13 Lit. straight or upright
- Proverbs 2:16 Lit. foreign; i.e. one whose values are foreign to God’s Law
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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