2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 
2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and treasure my commandments with thee; 

2:2 So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, {and} apply thy heart to understanding; 
2:2 So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, {and} apply thy heart to understanding; 

2:3 Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, {and} liftest up thy voice for understanding; 
2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, {and} liftest up thy voice for understanding; 

2:4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as {for} hid treasures; 
2:4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as {for} hid treasures; 

2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 
2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 

2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth {cometh} knowledge and understanding. 
2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth {cometh} knowledge and understanding. 

2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: {he is} a buckler to them that walk uprightly. 
2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: {he is} a shield to them that walk uprightly. 

2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. 
2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. 

2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; {and} every good path. 
2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; {and}, every good path. 

2:10 When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul; 
2:10 When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul; 

2:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 
2:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 

2:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil {man}, from the man that speaketh froward things; 
2:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil {man}, from the man that speaketh perverse things; 

2:13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 
2:13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 

2:14 Who rejoice to do evil, {and} delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 
2:14 Who rejoice to do evil, {and} delight in the perverseness of the wicked; 

2:15 Whose ways {are} crooked, and {they} froward in their paths: 
2:15 Whose ways {are} crooked, and {they are} perverse in their paths: 

2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, {even} from the stranger {who} flattereth with her words; 
2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, {even} from the adulteress {who} flattereth with her words; 

2:17 Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. 
2:17 Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. 

2:18 For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead. 
2:18 For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead. 

2:19 None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold of the paths of life. 
2:19 None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold of the paths of life. 

2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good {men}, and keep the paths of the righteous. 
2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good {men}, and keep the paths of the righteous. 

2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 
2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 

2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. 
2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.