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Proverbs 2
New International Version
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
Proverbia 2
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Proverbia 2
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2 Fili mi, si susceperis sermones meos, et mandata mea absconderis penes te:
2 ut audiat sapientiam auris tua, inclina cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam.
3 Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiae;
4 si quaesieris eam quasi pecuniam, et sicut thesauros effoderis illam:
5 tunc intelliges timorem Domini, et scientiam Dei invenies,
6 quia Dominus dat sapientiam, et ex ore ejus prudentia et scientia.
7 Custodiet rectorum salutem, et proteget gradientes simpliciter,
8 servans semitas justitiae, et vias sanctorum custodiens.
9 Tunc intelliges justitiam, et judicium, et aequitatem, et omnem semitam bonam.
10 Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia animae tuae placuerit,
11 consilium custodiet te, et prudentia servabit te:
12 ut eruaris a via mala, et ab homine qui perversa loquitur;
13 qui relinquunt iter rectum, et ambulant per vias tenebrosas;
14 qui laetantur cum malefecerint, et exsultant in rebus pessimis;
15 quorum viae perversae sunt, et infames gressus eorum.
16 Ut eruaris a muliere aliena, et ab extranea quae mollit sermones suos,
17 et relinquit ducem pubertatis suae,
18 et pacti Dei sui oblita est. Inclinata est enim ad mortem domus ejus, et ad inferos semitae ipsius.
19 Omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur, nec apprehendent semitas vitae.
20 Ut ambules in via bona, et calles justorum custodias:
21 qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra, et simplices permanebunt in ea;
22 impii vero de terra perdentur, et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea.
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