Wisdom & Understanding Will Guide You |
Proverbs 2:1-22 Proverbs [in Smaller Chunks] |
My son, if you will receive my words & [keep] my commands [within] you, so that you [lean] your ear [toward] wisdom & apply your heart to understanding. [Yes,] if you [cry out for] knowledge & lift up your voice for understanding & if you seek [these like] silver & [search for them like you search for hidden] treasures; |
Then, you shall understand the fear [respect] of the Lord & find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom & out of His mouth comes knowledge & understanding. |
[The Lord God stores] up sound wisdom for the righteous. He is a [shield] for [those who] walk [righteously.] He keeps the paths of judgment & [safeguards] the [road] of His saints. |
Then, you shall understand righteousness, judgment & equity, [yes,] every good path. When wisdom enters into your heart & knowledge is pleasant to your soul, [the ability to make responsible decisions] shall preserve you & understanding shall keep you: to deliver you from the [road] of the evil man & from the man [who says wicked] things. |
[Those] who [go astray] & leave the paths of [righteousness,] to walk in the [roads] of darkness & [those] who rejoice [in doing] evil & delight in the [sexual immorality] of the wicked, whose [roads] are crooked & they [are arrogant] in their paths. |
[Wisdom & knowledge will help] to deliver you from the [immoral] woman & even from the [foreigner, who flatters] with her words & [abandons] the [companion] of her [youth] & forgets the covenant [contract] of her God. |
For her house [leans toward] death & her paths to the dead. None [who] go to her, return again & neither [do] they [grasp] the paths [that lead to] life. |
[So,] that you may walk in the [road] of good men & keep the paths of the righteous. For the upright shall dwell in the land & the [blameless] shall remain in it. But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth & the [sinners] shall be [uprooted from] it. |
[Revelation 22:14-15 Blessed are [those who] do [God's] commandments, [so] that they may have right to the Tree of Life & may enter in through the gates & into the city. For [outside] are dogs, sorcerers & [sexual traffickers,] murderers, idolaters & [whoever] loves & makes [up lies.] |