Proverbs 2:5-20

5Then you will discern the 1fear of the Lord And discover the knowledge of God.6For 2the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a 3shield to those who walk in integrity,8Guarding the paths of justice, And He 4preserves the way of His godly ones.9Then you will discern 5righteousness and justice And equity and every 6good course.10For 7wisdom will enter your heart And 8knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;11Discretion will 9guard you, Understanding will watch over you,12To 10deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks 11perverse things;13From those who 12leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the 13ways of darkness;14Who 14delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;15Whose paths are 15crooked, And who are devious in their ways;16To 16deliver you from the strange woman, From the 1718adulteress who flatters with her words;17That leaves the 19companion of her youth And forgets the 20covenant of her God;18For 21her house 22sinks down to death And her tracks lead to the 23dead;19None 24who go to her return again, Nor do they reach the 25paths of life.20So you will 26walk in the way of good men And keep to the 27paths of the righteous.