Proverbs 2

[1] My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, [2] So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding; [3] Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, [4] If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures; [5] Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God. [6] For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding; [7] He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly; [8] He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints. [9] Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path. [10] When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul, [11] Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you, [12] To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things, [13] From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; [14] Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perversity of the wicked; [15] Whose ways are crooked, And who are devious in their paths; [16] To deliver you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words, [17] Who forsakes the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God. [18] For her house leads down to death, And her paths to the dead; [19] None who go to her return, Nor do they regain the paths of life-- [20] So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness. [21] For the upright will dwell in the land, And the blameless will remain in it; [22] But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it. (Proverbs 2:1-22 NKJV)