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Rewards of Wisdom

My ·child [or son], ·listen to [grasp] what I say
    and ·remember [L store up] what I command you.
·Listen carefully [L Bend your ear] to wisdom;
    ·set your mind on [L stretch your heart to] understanding.
Cry out for wisdom,
    and ·beg [shout out loud] for understanding.
·Search [Seek] for it like silver,
    and ·hunt [search] for it like hidden treasure.
Then you will understand ·respect [fear; awe; 1:7] for the Lord,
    and you will find ·that you know God [the knowledge of God].
Only the Lord gives wisdom;
    ·he gives [L from his mouth comes] knowledge and understanding.
He stores up ·wisdom [resourcefulness] for those who ·are honest [have integrity].
    Like a shield he protects the innocent.
He ·makes sure that justice is done [L guards the path of justice],
    and he protects those who are loyal to him.

Then you will understand what is ·honest [righteous] and ·fair [just]
    and what is ·the good and right thing to do [L virtuous, every good course/path].
10 Wisdom will ·come into your mind [penetrate your heart],
    and knowledge will be ·pleasing [attractive] to you.
11 ·Good sense [Discretion] will protect you;
    understanding will guard you.
12 It will keep you from the ·wicked [L evil path],
    from those whose words are ·bad [perverted; twisted],
13 who ·don’t do what is right [L abandoned the road of integrity]
    but ·what is evil [L go on dark paths].
14 They enjoy doing wrong
    and are happy ·to do what is crooked and [L with their twisted] evil.
15 What they do is ·wrong [confused],
    and ·their ways are dishonest [L they go on wrong courses].

16 It [C Wisdom] will save you from the ·unfaithful wife [L strange woman]
    ·who tries to lead you into adultery [L from the foreign woman] with ·pleasing words [flattery; compliments].
17 She leaves ·the husband she married when she was young [L the intimate relationship of her youth].
    She ·ignores [forgets] ·the promise she made before [L her covenant with] God.
18 Her house ·is on the way [L sinks down] to death;
    ·those who took that path are now all dead [or her paths come down to her dead ancestors].
19 No one who goes to her comes back
    or walks the path of life again.

20 ·But wisdom will help you be good [or Stay on the path of good people]
    and ·do what is right [guard the road of the righteous].
21 Those who ·are honest [have integrity/virtue] will live in the land,
    and those who are ·innocent [blameless] will remain in it.
22 But the wicked will be ·removed [L cut off] from the land,
    and the unfaithful will be ·thrown out of [L uprooted from] it.

La sabiduría protege del mal

Hijo mío, si recibes mis palabras(A),
y atesoras mis mandamientos dentro de ti(B),
da oído a la sabiduría,
inclina tu corazón al entendimiento(C);
porque si clamas a la inteligencia,
y alzas[a] tu voz al entendimiento,
si la buscas como a plata(D),
y la procuras como a tesoros escondidos(E),
entonces entenderás el temor[b] del Señor(F),
y descubrirás el conocimiento de Dios.
Porque el Señor da sabiduría(G),
de su boca vienen el conocimiento y la inteligencia.
Él reserva la prosperidad[c] para los rectos,
es escudo para los que andan en integridad(H),
guarda las sendas del juicio,
y preserva el camino de sus santos(I).
Entonces discernirás justicia y juicio(J),
equidad y todo buen sendero(K);
10 porque la sabiduría entrará en tu corazón(L),
y el conocimiento será grato a tu alma(M);
11 la discreción velará sobre ti(N),
el entendimiento te protegerá,
12 para librarte de la senda del mal(O),
del hombre que habla cosas perversas(P);
13 de los que dejan las sendas de rectitud(Q),
para andar por los caminos tenebrosos(R);
14 de los que se deleitan en hacer el mal,
y se regocijan en las perversidades del mal(S),
15 cuyas sendas son torcidas(T),
y se extravían en sus senderos.
16 Ella te librará de la mujer extraña(U),
de la desconocida[d] que lisonjea con sus palabras(V),
17 la cual deja al compañero de su juventud(W),
y olvida el pacto de su Dios(X);
18 porque su casa se inclina hacia la muerte,
y sus senderos hacia los muertos[e](Y);
19 todos los que a ella van, no vuelven(Z),
ni alcanzan las sendas de la vida(AA).
20 Por tanto andarás en el camino de los buenos(AB),
y guardarás las sendas de los justos(AC);
21 porque los rectos morarán en la tierra(AD),
y los íntegros[f](AE) permanecerán en ella;
22 pero los impíos serán cortados de la tierra(AF),
y los pérfidos(AG) serán desarraigados de ella(AH).

Footnotes

  1. Proverbios 2:3 Lit., das
  2. Proverbios 2:5 O, la reverencia
  3. Proverbios 2:7 O, sabiduría
  4. Proverbios 2:16 O, extranjera
  5. Proverbios 2:18 Lit., las sombras han partido
  6. Proverbios 2:21 O, intachables

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