Proverbs 2 | ASV Bible Study

Proverbs 2:1 (ASV)
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

Proverbs 2:2 (ASV)
So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

Proverbs 2:3 (ASV)
Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

Proverbs 2:4 (ASV)
If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

Proverbs 2:5 (ASV)
Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 2:6 (ASV)
For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth `cometh' knowledge and understanding:

Proverbs 2:7 (ASV)
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; `He is' a shield to them that walk in integrity;

Proverbs 2:8 (ASV)
That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.

Proverbs 2:9 (ASV)
Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, `yea', every good path.

Proverbs 2:10 (ASV)
For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

Proverbs 2:11 (ASV)
Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

Proverbs 2:12 (ASV)
To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

Proverbs 2:13 (ASV)
Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

Proverbs 2:14 (ASV)
Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

Proverbs 2:15 (ASV)
Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

Proverbs 2:16 (ASV)
To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

Proverbs 2:17 (ASV)
That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

Proverbs 2:18 (ASV)
For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

Proverbs 2:19 (ASV)
None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

Proverbs 2:20 (ASV)
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

Proverbs 2:21 (ASV)
For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.

Proverbs 2:22 (ASV)
But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

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