Proverbs 2

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;	1 My child, if you take my words to heart, if you set store by my commandments,
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;	2 tuning your ear to wisdom, tuning your heart to understanding,
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;	3 yes, if your plea is for clear perception, if you cry out for understanding,
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;	4 if you look for it as though for silver, search for it as though for buried treasure,
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.	5 then you wil understand what the fear of Yahweh is, and discover the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.	6 For Yahweh himself is giver of wisdom, from his mouth issue knowledge and understanding.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.	7 He reserves his advice for the honest, a shield to those whose ways are sound;
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.	8 he stands guard over the paths of equity, he keeps watch over the way of those faithful to him.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.	9 Then you wil understand uprightness, equity and fair dealing, the paths that lead to happiness.
10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;	10 When wisdom comes into your heart and knowledge fil s your soul with delight,
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:	11 then prudence wil be there to watch over you, and understanding wil be your guardian
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;	12 to keep you from the way that is evil, from those whose speech is deceitful,
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;	13 from those who leave the paths of honesty to walk the roads of darkness:
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;	14 those who find their joy in doing wrong, and their delight in deceitfulness,
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:	15 whose tracks are twisted, and the paths that they tread crooked.
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;	16 To keep you, too, from the woman who belongs to another, from the stranger, with her wheedlingwords;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.	17 she has left the partner of her younger days, she has forgotten the covenant of her God;
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.	18 her house is tilting towards Death, down to the Shades go her paths.
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.	19 Of those who go to her not one returns, they never regain 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 wil tread the way of good people, persisting in the paths of the upright.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.	21 For the land will be for the honest to live in, the innocent will have it for their home;
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.	22 while the wicked wil be cut off from the land, and the faithless rooted out of it.