“My son, if you receive my words and treasure my commands within you”
Proverbs 2
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1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
“my son, if you receive my words and treasure my commands within you”
“my son, if you will receive my words and treasure my commandments within you,”
“my son if you will receive my word and treasure my commandments within you”
“My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee,”
“My son, if thou wilt receive my words and hide my commandments with thee”
2if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
“so that you incline your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding.”
“so that you incline your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding.”
“So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom. And apply thine heart to understanding.”
“so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and apply thine heart to understanding”
“Making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding.”
“making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding.”
3if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
“Yes, if you cry out for discernment and lift up your voice for understanding.”
“For if you cry for discernment, lift your voice for understanding.”
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“Yea, if thou cryest after knowledge and liftest up thy voice for understanding.”
“For if you cry for discernment. Lift your voice for understanding”
“Yea, if thou cryest after knowledge and liftest up thy voice for understanding,”
“yea, if thou cryest after knowledge and liftest up thy voice for understanding,”
4if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
“If you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures.”
“if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,”
“if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,”
“If you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures,”
“if you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasure,”
“if you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasure”
5then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
“then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.”
“then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.”
“then you will discern the fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge of God.”
“then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God”
“Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord. And find the knowledge of God.”
“Then shalt thou understand The fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.”
6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
“For the Lord giveth wisdom out of his mouth, cometh knowledge and understanding.”
“for the Lord gives wisdom from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.”
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“For the Lord giveth wisdom. Out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.”
“For the Lord gives wisdom from his mouth, come knowledge and understanding.”
“For the Lord gives wisdom. From his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.”
“For the Lord gives wisdom from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.”
7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
“He stores up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk uprightly.”
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“He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous. He is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.”
“He stores up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk upright.”
“He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous, he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.”
“He stores up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk up rightly.”
“He stores up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk”
8to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
“He guards the paths of justice and preserves the way of his Saints.”
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“He keepeth the paths of judgment and preserveth the way of His saints.”
“He guards the paths of justice and preserves the ways of his saints.”
“He keepeth the paths of judgment and preserve it the way of his saints.”
“guards the paths of justice and preserves the way of his Saints.”
“He keeps the paths of judgment and preserves the way of his saints.”
9Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
“then you will understand righteousness and justice. Equity and every good path.”
“Then you will understand righteousness and justice equity and every good path.”
“Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity. Yea, every good path.”
“Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity in every good path.”
“shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity, yea, every good path.”
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“Then stout thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity. Yea, every good path.”
10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
“for wisdom will enter your heart and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.”
“When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul.”
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“When wisdom entereth into thine heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,”
“For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.”
“for wisdom will enter your heart and knowledge will be pleasant to your souls.”
11Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
“discretion will preserve you, understanding will keep you.”
“discretion will guard you. Understanding will watch over you.”
“discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee.”
“Discretion will guard you. Understanding will watch over you”
“discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee.”
“Discretion will guard you understanding will watch over you”
12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
“to deliver you from the way of evil. From the man who speaks perverse things.”
“to deliver you from the way of evil. From the man who speaks perverse things.”
“deliver you from the way of evil. From the man who speaks perverse things.”
13from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
“who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness”
“Who leaves the paths of the uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,”
“From those who leave the path of unrighteous uprightness. To walk in the ways of darkness.”
“who leaves verse 13 the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness.”
“From those who leave the paths of the unrighteous. To walk in the ways of darkness.”
14from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
“Who delight in doing evil and rejoice in the perversity of evil.”
“who rejoice in doing evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,”
“Who delight in doing evil and rejoice in the perversity of evil.”
“Who rejoice in doing evil. And they delight in the perversity of the wicked.”
15whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
“Whose ways are crooked and who are devious in their paths.”
“whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.”
16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
“to deliver you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words.”
“To deliver you from the strange woman. From the adulteress. Who flatters with her words.”
“To deliver thee from the strange woman even from the stranger which flatters with her words.”
17who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
“That leaves the companion of her youth. And forgets the covenant of her God.”
“which forsaketh the guide of her youth and forgetteth the covenant of her God.”
“Which forsakes the guide of her youth and the covenant of her God?”
18For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
“For her house sinks down to death. And her tracks lead to the dead.”
“For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.”
“for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead,”
“For her house leads down to death and her paths to the”
“For her house inclines unto death, her paths unto the dead,”
“For her house inclines to death and her paths unto the dead”
19None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
“none that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life,”
“None who go to her return again, nor do they reach the paths of life.”
“none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life.”
“None who go to her return again. Nor do they reach the paths of life.”
“None who go to her Babylon return again. Nor do they reach the path of”
“None who go by her return, nor do they regain the path of life.”
20So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
“so you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.”
“so that you may walk in the way of goodness and keep to the paths of”
“that thou mayest walk in the ways of good men, keep the paths of righteous, of the righteous,”
21For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
“for the upright shall dwell in the land and the perfect shall remain in it,”
“For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it.”
“For the upright will dwell in the land and the blameless will remain in it.”
22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
“but the wicked shall be cut off from the earth and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.”
“But the wicked will be cut off from the earth and the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.”