Proverbs 2 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

To make ^H7181 your ear ^H241 pay attention ^H7181 to wisdom ^H2451,

Incline ^H5186 your heart ^H3820 to discernment ^H8394;

For if ^H518 you call ^H7121 out ^H7121 for understanding ^H998,

Give ^H5414 your voice ^H6963 for discernment ^H8394;

If ^H518 you seek ^H1245 her as silver ^H3701

And search ^H2664 for her as for hidden ^H4301 treasures ^H4301;

Then ^H227 you will understand ^H995 the fear ^H3374 of Yahweh ^H3068

And find ^H4672 the knowledge ^H1847 of God ^H430.

For Yahweh ^H3068 gives ^H5414 wisdom ^H2451;

From His mouth ^H6310 come knowledge ^H1847 and discernment ^H8394.

He stores ^H6845 up sound ^H8454 wisdom ^H8454 for the upright ^H3477,

A shield ^H4043 to those who walk ^H1980 in integrity ^H8537,

To guard ^H5341 the paths ^H734 of justice ^H4941,

And He keeps ^H8104 the way ^H1870 of His holy ^H2623 ones ^H2623.

Then ^H227 you will understand ^H995 righteousness ^H6664 and justice ^H4941

And equity ^H4339—every ^H3605 good ^H2896 track ^H4570.

For wisdom ^H2451 will enter ^H935 your heart ^H3820

And knowledge ^H1847 will be ^H5276 pleasant ^H5276 to your soul ^H5315;

Discretion ^H4209 will keep ^H8104 you,

Discernment ^H8394 will guard ^H5341 you,

To deliver ^H5337 you from the way ^H1870 of evil ^H7451,

From the man ^H376 who speaks ^H1696 perverse ^H8419 things ^H8419;

From those who forsake ^H5800 the paths ^H734 of uprightness ^H3476

To walk ^H1980 in the ways ^H1870 of darkness ^H2822;

Who ^H8056 are glad ^H8056 to do ^H6213 evil ^H7451

And they rejoice ^H1523 in the perversity ^H8419 of evil ^H7451;

Whose ^H834 paths ^H734 are crooked ^H6141,

And who are devious ^H3868 in their tracks ^H4570;

To deliver ^H5337 you from the [fn]strange ^H2114 woman ^H802,

From the [fn]foreign ^H5237 woman ^H5237 who flatters ^H2505 with her words ^H561;

Who forsakes ^H5800 the close companion ^H441 of her youth ^H5271

And forgets ^H7911 the covenant ^H1285 of her God ^H430;

For her house ^H1004 [fn]sinks ^H7743 down ^H7743 to death ^H4194

And her tracks ^H4570 descend to the [fn]dead ^H7496;

All ^H3605 who go ^H935 to her will not ^H3808 return ^H7725,

And ^H3808 they will not reach ^H5381 the paths ^H734 of life ^H2416.

So that ^H4616 you will walk ^H1980 in the way ^H1870 of good ^H2896 men ^H2896

And keep ^H8104 to the paths ^H734 of the righteous ^H6662.

For the upright ^H3477 will dwell ^H7931 in ^H7931 the land ^H776

And the blameless ^H8549 will remain ^H3498 in it;

But the wicked ^H7563 will be cut ^H3772 off ^H3772 from the land ^H776

And the treacherous ^H898 will be torn ^H5255 away ^H5255 from it.