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Mein Kind, so du willst meine Rede annehmen und meine Gebote bei dir behalten,

daß dein Ohr auf Weisheit achthat und du dein Herz mit Fleiß dazu neigest;

ja, so du mit Fleiß darnach rufest und darum betest;

so du sie suchest wie Silber und nach ihr froschest wie nach Schätzen:

alsdann wirst du die Furcht des HERRN verstehen und Gottes Erkenntnis finden.

Denn der HERR gibt Weisheit, und aus seinem Munde kommt Erkenntnis und Verstand.

Er läßt's den Aufrichtigen gelingen und beschirmt die Frommen

und behütet die, so recht tun, und bewahrt den Weg seiner Heiligen.

Alsdann wirst du verstehen Gerechtigkeit und Recht und Frömmigkeit und allen guten Weg.

10 Denn Weisheit wird in dein Herz eingehen, daß du gerne lernst;

11 guter Rat wird dich bewahren, und Verstand wird dich behüten,

12 daß du nicht geratest auf den Weg der Bösen noch unter die verkehrten Schwätzer,

13 die da verlassen die rechte Bahn und gehen finstere Wege,

14 die sich freuen, Böses zu tun, und sind fröhlich in ihrem bösen, verkehrten Wesen,

15 welche ihren Weg verkehren und folgen ihrem Abwege;

16 daß du nicht geratest an eines andern Weib, an eine Fremde, die glatte Worte gibt

17 und verläßt den Freund ihrer Jugend und vergißt den Bund ihres Gottes

18 (denn ihr Haus neigt sich zum Tod und ihre Gänge zu den Verlorenen;

19 alle, die zu ihr eingehen, kommen nicht wieder und ergreifen den Weg des Lebens nicht);

20 auf daß du wandelst auf gutem Wege und bleibst auf der rechten Bahn.

21 Denn die Gerechten werden im Lande wohnen, und die Frommen werden darin bleiben;

22 aber die Gottlosen werden aus dem Lande ausgerottet, und die Verächter werden daraus vertilgt.

Moral Benefits of Wisdom

My son,(A) if you accept my words
    and store up my commands within you,
turning your ear to wisdom
    and applying your heart to understanding(B)
indeed, if you call out for insight(C)
    and cry aloud for understanding,
and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,(D)
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.(E)
For the Lord gives wisdom;(F)
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(G)
He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield(H) to those whose walk is blameless,(I)
for he guards the course of the just
    and protects the way of his faithful ones.(J)

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)

20 Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright will live in the land,(W)
    and the blameless will remain in it;
22 but the wicked(X) will be cut off from the land,(Y)
    and the unfaithful will be torn from it.(Z)

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 2:17 Or covenant of her God

The Value of Wisdom

My son, if you receive my words,
And (A)treasure my commands within you,
So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;
Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
(B)If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
(C)Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.
(D)For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
(E)He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
He guards the paths of justice,
And (F)preserves the way of His saints.
Then you will understand righteousness and justice,
Equity and every good path.

10 When wisdom enters your heart,
And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
11 Discretion will preserve you;
(G)Understanding will keep you,
12 To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things,
13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To (H)walk in the ways of darkness;
14 (I)Who rejoice in doing evil,
And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
15 (J)Whose ways are crooked,
And who are devious in their paths;
16 To deliver you from (K)the immoral woman,
(L)From the seductress who flatters with her words,
17 Who forsakes the companion of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.
18 For (M)her house [a]leads down to death,
And her paths to the dead;
19 None who go to her return,
Nor do they [b]regain the paths of life—
20 So you may walk in the way of goodness,
And keep to the paths of righteousness.
21 For the upright will dwell in the (N)land,
And the blameless will remain in it;
22 But the wicked will be [c]cut off from the [d]earth,
And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 2:18 sinks
  2. Proverbs 2:19 Lit. reach
  3. Proverbs 2:22 destroyed
  4. Proverbs 2:22 land