| 2:1 | My son <01121>, if thou wilt receive <03947> (8799) my words <0561>, and hide <06845> (8799) my commandments <04687> with thee; |
| 2:2 | So that thou incline <07181> (8687) thine ear <0241> unto wisdom <02451>, [and] apply <05186> (8686) thine heart <03820> to understanding <08394>; |
| 2:3 | Yea, if thou criest <07121> (8799) after knowledge <0998>, [and] liftest up <05414> (8799) thy voice <06963> for understanding <08394>; {liftest...: Heb. givest thy voice} |
| 2:4 | If thou seekest <01245> (8762) her as silver <03701>, and searchest <02664> (8799) for her as [for] hid treasures <04301>; |
| 2:5 | Then shalt thou understand <0995> (8799) the fear <03374> of the LORD <03068>, and find <04672> (8799) the knowledge <01847> of God <0430>. |
| 2:6 | For the LORD <03068> giveth <05414> (8799) wisdom <02451>: out of his mouth <06310> [cometh] knowledge <01847> and understanding <08394>. |
| 2:7 | He layeth up <06845> (8799) (8675) <06845> (8804) sound wisdom <08454> for the righteous <03477>: [he is] a buckler <04043> to them that walk <01980> (8802) uprightly <08537>. |
| 2:8 | He keepeth <05341> (8800) the paths <0734> of judgment <04941>, and preserveth <08104> (8799) the way <01870> of his saints <02623>. |
| 2:9 | Then shalt thou understand <0995> (8799) righteousness <06664>, and judgment <04941>, and equity <04339>; [yea], every good <02896> path <04570>. |
| 2:10 | When wisdom <02451> entereth <0935> (8799) into thine heart <03820>, and knowledge <01847> is pleasant <05276> (8799) unto thy soul <05315>; |
| 2:11 | Discretion <04209> shall preserve <08104> (8799) thee, understanding <08394> shall keep <05341> (8799) thee: |
| 2:12 | To deliver <05337> (8687) thee from the way <01870> of the evil <07451> [man], from the man <0376> that speaketh <01696> (8764) froward things <08419>; |
| 2:13 | Who leave <05800> (8802) the paths <0734> of uprightness <03476>, to walk <03212> (8800) in the ways <01870> of darkness <02822>; |
| 2:14 | Who rejoice <08056> to do <06213> (8800) evil <07451>, [and] delight <01523> (8799) in the frowardness <08419> of the wicked <07451>; |
| 2:15 | Whose ways <0734> [are] crooked <06141>, and [they] froward <03868> (8737) in their paths <04570>: |
| 2:16 | To deliver <05337> (8687) thee from the strange <02114> (8801) woman <0802>, [even] from the stranger <05237> [which] flattereth <02505> (8689) with her words <0561>; |
| 2:17 | Which forsaketh <05800> (8802) the guide <0441> of her youth <05271>, and forgetteth <07911> (8804) the covenant <01285> of her God <0430>. |
| 2:18 | For her house <01004> inclineth <07743> (8804) unto death <04194>, and her paths <04570> unto the dead <07496>. |
| 2:19 | None that go <0935> (8802) unto her return again <07725> (8799), neither take they hold <05381> (8686) of the paths <0734> of life <02416>. |
| 2:20 | That thou mayest walk <03212> (8799) in the way <01870> of good <02896> [men], and keep <08104> (8799) the paths <0734> of the righteous <06662>. |
| 2:21 | For the upright <03477> shall dwell <07931> (8799) in the land <0776>, and the perfect <08549> shall remain <03498> (8735) in it. |
| 2:22 | But the wicked <07563> shall be cut off <03772> (8735) from the earth <0776>, and the transgressors <0898> (8802) shall be rooted out <05255> (8799) of it. {rooted: or, plucked up} |
Amsal 2 - AV with Strong Numbers
