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Proverbs 2, Orthodox

2:1 hat hearkens to Me shall dwell in confidence,
And shall rest securely from all evil."

It is wise to obey

2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive the utterance of my commandment,
And hide it with thee;

2:2 Thine ear shall hearken to wisdom;
Thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding,
And shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son.

2:3 For if thou shalt call to Wisdom,
And utter thy voice for understanding;

2:4 And if thou shalt seek Her as silver,
And search diligently for Her as for treasures;

2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.

2:6 For the Lord giveth Wisdom;
And from His presence come knowledge and understanding,

2:7 And He treasureth up salvation for them that walk uprightly:
He will protect their way;

2:8 That He may guard the righteous ways:
And He will preserve the way of them that fear Him.

2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgement;
And shalt direct all thy course aright.

Holy thinking

2:10 For if Wisdom shall come into thine understanding,
And discernment shall seem pleasing to thy soul,

2:11 Good counsel shall guard thee,
And holy understanding shall keep thee;

2:12 To deliver thee from the evil way,
And from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.

2:13 Alas for those who forsake right paths,
To walk in ways of darkness;

2:14 Who rejoice in evils,
And delight in wicked perverseness;

2:15 Whose paths are crooked,
And their courses winding;

2:16 To remove thee far from the straight way,
And to estrange thee from a righteous purpose.
My son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,

2:17 Of her who hath forsaken the instruction of her youth,
And forgotten the Covenant of God.

2:18 For she hath fixed her house near death,
And guided her wheels near Hades with the giants.

2:19 None that go by her shall return,
Neither shall they take hold of right paths,
For they are not apprehended of the years of life.

2:20 For had they gone in good paths,
They would have found the paths of righteousness easy.

2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the earth,
And the holy shall be left behind in it.

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