Berean Standard Bible

Proverbs 2:10-19

10Forכִּֽי־ki-H3588wisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451will enterתָב֣וֹאta.Vo'H935your heartבְלִבֶּ֑ךָve.li.Be.khaH3820,and knowledgeוְ֝דַ֗עַתve.Da.'atH1847will delightיִנְעָֽם׃yin.'AmH5276your soulלְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥le.naf.she.KhaH5315.

11Discretionמְ֭זִמָּהMe.zi.mahH4209will watch over youתִּשְׁמֹ֥ר עָלֶ֗יךָtish.Mor 'a.Lei.khaH8104 H5921,and understandingתְּבוּנָ֥הte.vu.NahH8394will guard youתִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃tin.tze.Re.kahH5341,

12to deliver youלְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָle.ha.Tzi.le.khaH5337from the wayמִדֶּ֣רֶךְmi.De.rekhH1870of evilרָ֑עRa'H7451,from the manמֵ֝אִ֗ישׁme.'IshH376who speaksמְדַבֵּ֥רme.da.BerH1696perversityתַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃tah.pu.KhotH8419,

13from those who leaveהַ֭עֹ֣זְבִיםha.'O.ze.vimH5800the straightיֹ֑שֶׁרYo.sherH3476pathsאָרְח֣וֹת'a.re.ChotH734to walkלָ֝לֶ֗כֶתla.Le.khetH1980in the waysבְּדַרְכֵי־be.dar.khei-H1870of darknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Cho.shekhH2822,

14from those who enjoyהַ֭שְּׂמֵחִיםHa.se.me.chimH8056doingלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213evilרָ֑עRa'H7451and rejoiceיָ֝גִ֗ילוּya.Gi.luH1523in the twistednessבְּֽתַהְפֻּכ֥וֹתbe.tah.pu.KhotH8419of evilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451,

15whoseאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834pathsאָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם'a.re.cho.tei.HemH734are crookedעִקְּשִׁ֑ים'i.ke.ShimH6141and whose waysבְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃be.ma'.ge.lo.TamH4570are deviousוּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗יםu.ne.lo.ZimH3868.

16It will rescue youלְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָle.ha.Tzi.le.khaH5337from the forbiddenזָרָ֑הza.RahH2114womanמֵאִשָּׁ֣הme.'i.ShahH802,from the strangerמִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗הmi.na.khe.ri.YahH5237with seductiveהֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃he.che.Li.kahH2505wordsאֲמָרֶ֥יהָ'a.ma.Rei.haH561

17who abandonsהַ֭עֹזֶבֶתHa.'o.ze.vetH5800the partnerאַלּ֣וּף'a.LufH441of her youthנְעוּרֶ֑יהָne.'u.Rei.haH5271וְאֶת־ve.'EtH853and forgetsשָׁכֵֽחָה׃sha.Khe.chahH7911the covenantבְּרִ֖יתbe.RitH1285of her Godאֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ'e.lo.Hei.haH430.

18Forכִּ֤יkiH3588her houseבֵּיתָ֑הּbei.TahH1004sinks downשָׁ֣חָהSha.chahH7743toאֶל־'el-H413deathמָ֣וֶתMa.vetH4194,and her tracksמַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ma'.ge.lo.Tei.haH4570toוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413the departed spiritsרְ֝פָאִ֗יםre.fa.'ImH7496.

19Noneכָּל־kol-H3605who go to herבָּ֭אֶיהָ לֹ֣אBa.'ei.ha lo'H935 H3808returnיְשׁוּב֑וּןye.shu.VunH7725orוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808negotiateיַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּya.Si.guH5381the pathsאָרְח֥וֹת'a.re.ChotH734of lifeחַיִּֽים׃chai.YimH2416.

Read all of Proverbs 2

Commentaries on Proverbs 2