Proverbs 2

2:1

fili mi si susceperis sermones meos et mandata mea absconderis penes te

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

2:2

ut audiat sapientiam auris tua inclina cor tuum ad noscendam prudentiam

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

2:3

si enim sapientiam invocaveris et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiae

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

2:4

si quaesieris eam quasi pecuniam et sicut thesauros effoderis illam

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

2:5

tunc intelleges timorem Domini et scientiam Dei invenies

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

2:6

quia Dominus dat sapientiam et ex ore eius scientia et prudentia

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

2:7

custodiet rectorum salutem et proteget gradientes simpliciter

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

2:8

servans semitas iustitiae et vias sanctorum custodiens

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

2:9

tunc intelleges iustitiam et iudicium et aequitatem et omnem semitam bonam

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

2:10

si intraverit sapientia cor tuum et scientia animae tuae placuerit

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

2:11

consilium custodiet te prudentia servabit te

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

2:12

ut eruaris de via mala ab homine qui perversa loquitur

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

2:13

qui relinquunt iter rectum et ambulant per vias tenebrosas

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

2:14

qui laetantur cum malefecerint et exultant in rebus pessimis

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

2:15

quorum viae perversae et infames gressus eorum

Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

2:16

ut eruaris a muliere aliena et ab extranea quae mollit sermones suos

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

2:17

et relinquit ducem pubertatis suae

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

2:18

et pacti Dei sui oblita est inclinata est enim ad mortem domus eius et ad impios semitae ipsius

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

2:19

omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur nec adprehendent semitas vitae

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

2:20

ut ambules in via bona et calles iustorum custodias

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

2:21

qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra et simplices permanebunt in ea

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

2:22

impii vero de terra perdentur et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.