1898 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Proverbs 2

1 Wisdom promiseth godliness to her children, 10 and safety from evil company, 20 and direction in good ways.

 2:1 ¶ My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

 2:2 To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

 2:3 For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

 2:4 If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

 2:5 Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.

 2:6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

 2:7 Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.

 2:8 To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.

 2:9 Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness—every good path.

 2:10 ¶ For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,

 2:11 Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

 2:12 To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

 2:13 Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

 2:14 Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

 2:15 Whose paths [are] crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.

 2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

 2:17 Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

 2:18 For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

 2:19 None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

 2:20 That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

 2:21 For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,

 2:22 And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!