2:1 My
sonne,
if
thou
wilt
receiue
my
words,
and
hide
my
commaundements
with
thee;
2:2 So
that
thou
incline
thine
eare
vnto
wisedome,
and
apply
thine
heart
to
vnderstanding:
2:3 Yea
if
thou
cryest
after
knowledge,
and
liftest
vp
thy
voyce
for
vnderstanding:
2:4 If
thou
seekest
her
as
siluer,
and
searchest
for
her,
as
for
hid
treasures:
2:5 Then
shalt
thou
vnderstand
the
feare
of
the
Lord,
and
find
the
knowledge
of
God.
2:6 For
the
Lord
giueth
wisedome:
out
of
his
mouth
commeth
knowledge,
and
vnderstanding.
2:7 He
layeth
vp
sound
wisedome
for
the
righteous:
he
is
a
buckler
to
them
that
walke
vprightly.
2:8 He
keepeth
the
pathes
of
iudgement,
and
preserueth
the
way
of
his
Saints.
2:9 Then
shalt
thou
vnderstand
righteousnesse,
and
iudgement,
and
equity;
yea
euery
good
path.
2:10 When
wisedome
entreth
into
thine
heart,
and
knowledge
is
pleasant
vnto
thy
soule;
2:11 Discretion
shall
preserue
thee,
vnderstanding
shall
keepe
thee:
2:12 To
deliuer
thee
from
the
way
of
the
euill
man,
from
the
man
that
speaketh
froward
things.
2:13 Who
leaue
the
pathes
of
vprightnesse,
to
walke
in
the
wayes
of
darkenesse:
2:14 Who
reioyce
to
doe
euill,
and
delight
in
the
frowardnesse
of
the
wicked.
2:15 Whose
wayes
are
crooked,
and
they
froward
in
their
pathes.
2:16 To
deliuer
thee
from
the
strange
woman,
euen
from
the
stranger,
which
flattereth
with
her
words:
2:17 Which
forsaketh
the
guide
of
her
youth,
and
forgetteth
the
couenant
of
her
God.
2:18 For
her
house
inclineth
vnto
death,
and
her
pathes
vnto
the
dead:
2:19 None
that
goe
vnto
her,
returne
againe,
neither
take
they
hold
of
the
pathes
of
life.
2:20 That
thou
mayest
walke
in
the
way
of
good
men,
and
keepe
the
pathes
of
the
righteous.
2:21 For
the
vpright
shall
dwell
in
the
land,
and
the
perfect
shall
remaine
in
it.
2:22 But
the
wicked
shall
be
cut
off
from
the
earth,
and
the
transgressours
shalbe
rooted
out
of
it.