ProverbsJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareProverbs 2YLT - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Proverbs 1Proverbs 2Proverbs 3Proverbs 4Proverbs 5Proverbs 6Proverbs 7Proverbs 8Proverbs 9Proverbs 10Proverbs 11Proverbs 12Proverbs 13Proverbs 14Proverbs 15Proverbs 16Proverbs 17Proverbs 18Proverbs 19Proverbs 20Proverbs 21Proverbs 22Proverbs 23Proverbs 24Proverbs 25Proverbs 26Proverbs 27Proverbs 28Proverbs 29Proverbs 30Proverbs 31›Proverbs 2ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, 2To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding, 3For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice, 4If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her, 5Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest. 6For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding. 7Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly. 8To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth. 9Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness--every good path. 10For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant, 11Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee, 12To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things, 13Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness, 14Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked, 15Whose paths are crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways. 16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings, 17Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten. 18For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths. 19None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life. 20That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep. 21For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it, 22And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it! ‹Previous chapterProverbs 1Next chapterProverbs 3›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsProverbs 2 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain