Thematic Bible

Proverbs 2:1

My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,

Proverbs 2:2

listening closely to wisdom
and directing your heart to understanding;

Proverbs 2:3

furthermore, if you call out to insight
and lift your voice to understanding,

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver
and search for it like hidden treasure,

Proverbs 2:5

then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and discover the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 2:6

For the Lord gives wisdom;
from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 2:7

He stores up success for the upright;
He is a shield for those who live with integrity

Proverbs 2:8

so that He may guard the paths of justice
and protect the way of His loyal followers.

Proverbs 2:9

Then you will understand righteousness, justice,
and integrity—every good path.

Proverbs 2:10

For wisdom will enter your mind,
and knowledge will delight your heart.

Proverbs 2:11

Discretion will watch over you,
and understanding will guard you,

Proverbs 2:12

rescuing you from the way of evil—
from the one who says perverse things,

Proverbs 2:13

from those who abandon the right paths
to walk in ways of darkness,

Proverbs 2:14

from those who enjoy doing evil
and celebrate perversion,

Proverbs 2:15

whose paths are crooked,
and whose ways are devious.

Proverbs 2:16

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,
from a stranger with her flattering talk,

Proverbs 2:17

who abandons the companion of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God;

Proverbs 2:18

for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.

Proverbs 2:19

None return who go to her;
none reach the paths of life.

Proverbs 2:20

So follow the way of good people,
and keep to the paths of the righteous.

Proverbs 2:21

For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those of integrity will remain in it;

Proverbs 2:22

but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the treacherous uprooted from it.