Proverbs 2
New American Standard Bible
The Pursuit of Wisdom Brings Security
2 My son, if you will (A)receive my words
And (B)treasure my commandments within you,
2 (C)Make your ear attentive to wisdom;
Incline your heart to understanding.
3 For if you cry out for insight,
And [a]raise your voice for understanding;
4 If you seek her as (D)silver
And search for her as for (E)hidden treasures;
5 Then you will understand the (F)fear of the Lord,
And discover the knowledge of God.
6 For (G)the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a (H)shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 Guarding the paths of justice,
And He (I)watches over the way of His godly ones.
9 Then you will discern (J)righteousness, justice,
And integrity, and every (K)good path.
10 For (L)wisdom will enter your heart,
And (M)knowledge will be delightful to your soul;
11 Discretion will (N)watch over you,
Understanding will guard you,
12 To (O)rescue you from the way of evil,
From a person who speaks (P)perverse things;
13 From those who (Q)leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the (R)ways of darkness;
14 Who (S)delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
15 Whose paths are (T)crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
16 To (U)rescue you from the strange woman,
From the (V)foreign woman who flatters with her words,
17 Who leaves the (W)companion of her youth
And forgets the (X)covenant of her God;
18 For (Y)her house sinks down to death,
And her tracks lead to the [b]dead;
19 None (Z)who go to her return,
Nor do they reach the (AA)paths of life.
20 So you will (AB)walk in the way of good people
And keep to the (AC)paths of the righteous.
21 For (AD)the upright will live in the land,
And (AE)the blameless will remain in it;
22 But (AF)the wicked will be eliminated from the land,
And (AG)the treacherous will be (AH)torn away from it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:3 Lit give
- Proverbs 2:18 Lit departed spirits
Proverbi 2
La Nuova Diodati
2 Figlio mio, se ricevi le mie parole e fai tesoro dei miei comandamenti,
2 prestando orecchio alla sapienza e inclinando il cuore all'intendimento;
3 sí se chiedi con forza il discernimento e alzi la tua voce per ottenere intendimento,
4 se lo cerchi come l'argento e ti dai a scavarlo come un tesoro nascosto,
5 allora intenderai il timore dell'Eterno, e troverai la conoscenza di DIO.
6 Poiché l'Eterno dà la sapienza; dalla sua bocca procedono la conoscenza e l'intendimento.
7 Egli tiene in serbo per gli uomini retti un aiuto potente, uno scudo per quelli che camminano rettamente,
8 per proteggere i sentieri della equità e custodire la via dei suoi santi.
9 Allora intenderai la giustizia, l'equità, la rettitudine e tutte le vie del bene.
10 Quando la sapienza entrerà nel tuo cuore e la conoscenza sarà gradevole alla tua anima,
11 la riflessione veglierà su di te e l'intendimento ti proteggerà,
12 per liberarti dalla via malvagia, dalla gente che parla di cose perverse,
13 da quelli che lasciano i sentieri della rettitudine per camminare nelle vie delle tenebre,
14 che godono a fare il male e provano piacere nelle perversità del malvagio,
15 i cui sentieri sono storti e le cui vie sono tortuose,
16 per scamparti dalla donna adultera, dalla straniera che usa parole lusinghevoli,
17 che ha abbandonato il compagno della sua giovinezza e ha dimenticato il patto del suo DIO.
18 Poiché la sua casa scende verso la morte e i suoi sentieri verso i defunti.
19 Nessuno di quelli che vanno da lei ritorna, nessuno raggiunge i sentieri della vita.
20 Cosí potrai camminare per la via dei buoni e rimarrai nei sentieri dei giusti.
21 Poiché gli uomini retti abiteranno la terra e quelli integri vi rimarranno;
22 ma gli empi saranno sterminati dalla terra e i trasgressori saranno da essa strappati.
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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