Proverbs 2
Authorized (King James) Version
2 My son, if thou wilt receive my words,
and hide my commandments with thee;
2 so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom,
and apply thine heart to understanding;
3 yea, if thou criest after knowledge,
and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4 if thou seekest her as silver,
and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5 then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord,
and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord giveth wisdom:
out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous:
he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment,
and preserveth the way of his saints.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity;
yea, every good path.
10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart,
and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
11 discretion shall preserve thee,
understanding shall keep thee:
12 to deliver thee from the way of the evil man,
from the man that speaketh froward things;
13 who leave the paths of uprightness,
to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 who rejoice to do evil,
and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
15 whose ways are crooked,
and they froward in their paths:
16 to deliver thee from the strange woman,
even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
17 which forsaketh the guide of her youth,
and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 For her house inclineth unto death,
and her paths unto the dead.
19 None that go unto her return again,
neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,
and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land,
and the perfect shall remain in it.
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth,
and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
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.
Proverbs 2
EasyEnglish Bible
The good results of wise teaching
2 My child, listen to my teaching. Think about my commands. 2 Listen carefully, so that you understand what wisdom really is. 3 Yes, always try to learn what is right. Never stop trying to understand. 4 Look for wisdom as carefully as you would look for silver, or valuable jewels.
5 Then you will understand how to respect the Lord with fear. You will learn all about God. 6 It is the Lord who gives wisdom to people. He teaches us to understand things, so that we know what is true. 7 He helps good people to be wise in how they live. And he keeps honest people safe. 8 He protects the lives of righteous people. He takes care of people who serve him faithfully.
9 So learn from God. Then you will understand what is right, true and fair. You will know the best way to live. 10 You will become wise in your thoughts. Your knowledge of what is right will make you happy.
11 You will know the right thing to do, and that will keep you safe. 12 You will not join with wicked people. You will keep away from those who speak false things. 13 Those people no longer follow honest ways. They live in dark places. 14 They enjoy doing wicked and evil things. 15 They only do wrong things. They are always deceiving others.
16 If you have wisdom, you will not listen to the sweet words of a prostitute. A woman who likes to have sex with many men will not deceive you. 17 That kind of woman leaves her own husband. She married him when she was young. Now she forgets what she promised to God at the time of her marriage.
18 Do not go into her house! If you do, you will be on the road to death. If you follow her, you will arrive at the home of the spirits of dead people. 19 Anybody who visits her will never return. He will never find the way back to a good life.
20 If you have wisdom, you will enjoy life, as good people do. You will live as righteous people live. 21 Good and honest people will continue to live in our land. 22 But God will remove wicked people from the land. He will throw out all those who are not faithful.
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