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| Proverbs 2:1 | My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; | My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind; | My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee, | My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; |
| Proverbs 2:2 | So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; | So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge; | That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence: | So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding; |
| Proverbs 2:3 | Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; | Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; | For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence: | Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; |
| Proverbs 2:4 | If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; | If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth; | If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure: | If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; |
| Proverbs 2:5 | Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. | Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours. | Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God. | Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. |
| Proverbs 2:6 | For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. | For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason: | Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge. | For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. |
| Proverbs 2:7 | He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. | He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil; | He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity. | He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. |
| Proverbs 2:8 | He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. | He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him. | Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints. | He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. |
| Proverbs 2:9 | Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. | Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way. | Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path. | Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; and every good path. |
| Proverbs 2:10 | When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; | For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul; | If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul: | When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul; |
| Proverbs 2:11 | Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: | Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you; | Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee, | Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: |
| Proverbs 2:12 | To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; | Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false; | That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things: | To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; |
| Proverbs 2:13 | Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; | Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads; | Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways: | Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; |
| Proverbs 2:14 | Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; | Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner; | Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things: | Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; |
| Proverbs 2:15 | Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: | Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil: | Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous. | Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: |
| Proverbs 2:16 | To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; | To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue; | That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words: | To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flattereth with her words; |
| Proverbs 2:17 | Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. | Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind: | And forsaketh the guide of her youth, | Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. |
| Proverbs 2:18 | For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. | For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades: | And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell. | For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead. |
| Proverbs 2:19 | None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. | Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life: | None that go in unto her shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life, | None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold of the paths of life. |
| Proverbs 2:20 | That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. | So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright. | That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just. | That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. |
| Proverbs 2:21 | For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. | For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage. | For they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it. | For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. |
| Proverbs 2:22 | But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. | But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted. | But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly shall be taken away from it. | But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. |
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