Proverbs 2

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;	1 My son, if you receive my words and treasure my commands,
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;	2 Turning your ear to wisdom, inclining your heart to understanding;
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;	3 Yes, if you call to intelligence, and to understanding raise your voice;
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;	4 If you seek her like silver, and like hidden treasures search her out:
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.	5 Then will you understand the fear of the LORD; the knowledge of God you will find;
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.	6 For the LORD gives wisdom, from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.	7 He has counsel in store for the upright, he is the shield of those who walk honestly,
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.	8 Guarding the paths of justice, protecting the way of his pious ones.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.	9 Then you will understand rectitude and justice, honesty, every good path;
10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;	10 For wisdom will enter your heart, knowledge will please your soul,
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:	11 Discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you;
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;	12 Saving you from the way of evil men, from men of perverse speech,
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;	13 Who leave the straight paths to walk in the way of darkness,
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;	14 Who delight in doing evil, rejoice in perversity;
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:	15 Whose ways are crooked, and devious their paths;
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;	16 Saving you from the wife of another, from the adulteress with her smooth words,
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.	17 Who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the pact with her God;
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.	18 For her path sinks down to death, and her footsteps lead to the shades;
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.	19 None who enter thereon come back again, or gain the paths of life.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.	20 Thus you may walk in the way of good men, and keep to the paths of the just.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.	21 For the upright will dwell in the land, the honest will remain in it;
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.	22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land, the faithless will be rooted out of it.