Proverbs 2:7-22
Revised Standard Version
7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 guarding the paths of justice
and preserving the way of his saints.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice
and equity, every good path;
10 for wisdom will come into your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11 discretion will watch over you;
understanding will guard you;
12 delivering you from the way of evil,
from men of perverted speech,
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness
to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 who rejoice in doing evil
and delight in the perverseness of evil;
15 men whose paths are crooked,
and who are devious in their ways.
16 You will be saved from the loose[a] woman,
from the adventuress[b] with her smooth words,
17 who forsakes the companion of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God;
18 for her house sinks down to death,
and her paths to the shades;
19 none who go to her come back
nor do they regain the paths of life.
20 So you will walk in the way of good men
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright will inhabit the land,
and men of integrity will remain in it;
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:16 Heb strange
- Proverbs 2:16 Heb foreign woman
Proverbs 6:20-24
Revised Standard Version
20 My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching.
21 Bind them upon your heart always;
tie them about your neck.
22 When you walk, they[a] will lead you;
when you lie down, they[b] will watch over you;
and when you awake, they[c] will talk with you.
23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
24 to preserve you from the evil woman,
from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:22 Heb it
- Proverbs 6:22 Heb it
- Proverbs 6:22 Heb it
Proverbs 7:1-5
Revised Standard Version
The False Attractions of Adultery
7 My son, keep my words
and treasure up my commandments with you;
2 keep my commandments and live,
keep my teachings as the apple of your eye;
3 bind them on your fingers,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call insight your intimate friend;
5 to preserve you from the loose woman,
from the adventuress with her smooth words.
Proverbs 10:19
Revised Standard Version
19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but he who restrains his lips is prudent.
Proverbs 14:3
Revised Standard Version
3 The talk of a fool is a rod for his back,[a]
but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:3 Cn: Heb a rod of pride
Proverbs 18:10
Revised Standard Version
10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
Proverbs 21:23
Revised Standard Version
23 He who keeps his mouth and his tongue
keeps himself out of trouble.
Proverbs 22:5
Revised Standard Version
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
he who guards himself will keep far from them.
Proverbs 22:24-25
Revised Standard Version
24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,
25 lest you learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
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