Pro 2 | NASB1995 | STEP | My son , if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you,

‏ Proverbs 2

The Pursuit of Wisdom Brings Security

1 My son, if you will ^areceive my words
And ^btreasure my commandments within you,
2 ^cMake your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
3 For if you cry for discernment,
^{▼▼ Lit Give}Lift your voice for understanding;
4 If you seek her as ^esilver
And search for her as for ^fhidden treasures;
5 Then you will discern the ^gfear of the Lord
And discover the knowledge of God.
6 For ^hthe Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a ⁱshield to those who walk in integrity,
8 Guarding the paths of justice,
And He ^jpreserves the way of His godly ones.
9 Then you will discern ^krighteousness and justice
And equity and every ^lgood course.
10 For ^mwisdom will enter your heart
And ⁿknowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11 Discretion will ^oguard you,
Understanding will watch over you,
12 To ^pdeliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks ^qperverse things;
13 From those who ^rleave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ^sways of darkness;
14 Who ^tdelight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
15 Whose paths are ^ucrooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
16 To ^vdeliver you from the strange woman,
From the ^{▼▼ Lit strange woman
,} ^xadulteress who flatters with her words;
17 That leaves the ^ycompanion of her youth
And forgets the ^zcovenant of her God;
18 For ^aaher house ^{▼▼ Lit bows down}sinks down to death
And her tracks lead to the ^{▼▼ Lit departed spirits}dead;
19 None ^adwho go to her return again,
Nor do they reach the ^aepaths of life.
20 So you will ^afwalk in the way of good men
And keep to the ^agpaths of the righteous.
21 For ^ahthe upright will ^{▼▼ Or dwell}live in the land
And ^ajthe blameless will remain in it;
22 But ^akthe wicked will be cut off from the land
And ^althe treacherous will be ^amuprooted from it.