{"book":"Proverbs","slug":"proverbs","ch":2,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Proverbs","prev":"proverbs/1","next":"proverbs/3","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My son, if you accept my words"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and hide my commandments within you,"}],"h":"The Benefits of Wisdom","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"if you incline your ear to wisdom"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and direct your heart to understanding,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"if you truly call out to insight"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and lift your voice to understanding,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"if you seek it like silver"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and search it out like hidden treasure,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"then you will discern the fear of the LORD"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and discover the knowledge of God."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For the LORD gives wisdom;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from His mouth come knowledge and understanding."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"to guard the paths of justice"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and protect the way of His saints."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity — every good path.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Then you will discern righteousness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and justice and equity — every good path."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For wisdom will enter your heart,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and knowledge will delight your soul."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Discretion will watch over you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and understanding will guard you,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"to deliver you from the way of evil,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the man who speaks perversity,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"from those who leave the straight paths"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to walk in the ways of darkness,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"from those who enjoy doing evil"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"whose paths are crooked"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and whose ways are devious."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words","f":["Or wayward wife","Or adulteress"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"It will rescue you from the forbidden woman,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the stranger with seductive words"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":17,"t":"who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"who abandons the partner of her youth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and forgets the covenant of her God."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.","f":["Hebrew to the Rephaim"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For her house sinks down to death,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and her tracks to the departed spirits."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"None who go to her return [or] negotiate the paths of life.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"None who go to her return"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[or] negotiate the paths of life."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"So you will follow in the ways of the good,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and keep to the paths of the righteous."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":21,"t":"For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For the upright will inhabit the land,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the blameless will remain in it;"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful {will} be uprooted.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"but the wicked will be cut off from the land,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the unfaithful {will} be uprooted."}],"style":"indent1"}]}