Proverbs 2:5-20

5then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of 1God.

6For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

7He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [he] is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

8guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his 2godly ones.

9Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path.

10When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,

11discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

12To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;

13[from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

14who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil;

15whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:

16To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;

17who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her 3God;

18— for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;

19none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

20— that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.