Proverbs 2:1

AMP: My son, if you will receive my wordsAnd treasure my commandments within you,

ASV: My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

BSB: My son, if you accept my wordsand hide my commandments within you,

DARBY: My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,

DRA: My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee,

KJV: My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

Proverbs 2:2

AMP: So that your ear is attentive to [skillful and godly] wisdom,And apply your heart to understanding [seeking it conscientiously and striving for it eagerly];

ASV: So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

BSB: if you incline your ear to wisdomand direct your heart to understanding,

DARBY: so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;

DRA: That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence:

KJV: So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

Proverbs 2:3

AMP: Yes, if you cry out for insight,And lift up your voice for understanding;

ASV: Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

BSB: if you truly call out to insightand lift your voice to understanding,

DARBY: yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;

DRA: For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:

KJV: Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

Proverbs 2:4

AMP: If you seek skillful and godly wisdom as you would silverAnd search for her as you would hidden treasures;

ASV: If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

BSB: if you seek it like silverand search it out like hidden treasure,

DARBY: if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:

DRA: If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:

KJV: If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Proverbs 2:5

AMP: Then you will understand the [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome]And discover the knowledge of God. [Prov 1:7]

ASV: Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.

BSB: then you will discern the fear of the LORDand discover the knowledge of God.

DARBY: then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.

DRA: Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God.

KJV: Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 2:6

AMP: For the Lord gives [skillful and godly] wisdom;From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

ASV: For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding:

BSB: For the LORD gives wisdom;from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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

DRA: Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge.

KJV: For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 2:7

AMP: He stores away sound wisdom for the righteous [those who are in right standing with Him];He is a shield to those who walk in integrity [those of honorable character and moral courage],

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

BSB: He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

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

DRA: He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity.

KJV: He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

Proverbs 2:8

AMP: He guards the paths of justice;And He preserves the way of His saints (believers). [1 Sam 2:9; Ps 66:8, 9]

ASV: That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.

BSB: to guard the paths of justiceand protect the way of His saints.

DARBY: guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones.

DRA: Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.

KJV: He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

Proverbs 2:9

AMP: Then you will understand righteousness and justice [in every circumstance]And integrity and every good path.

ASV: Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, [yea], every good path.

BSB: Then you will discern righteousnessand justice and equity— every good path.

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

DRA: Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.

KJV: Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

Proverbs 2:10

AMP: For [skillful and godly] wisdom will enter your heartAnd knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

ASV: For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

BSB: For wisdom will enter your heart,and knowledge will delight your soul.

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

DRA: If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul:

KJV: When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

Proverbs 2:11

AMP: Discretion will watch over you,Understanding and discernment will guard you,

ASV: Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

BSB: Discretion will watch over you,and understanding will guard you,

DARBY: discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

DRA: Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,

KJV: Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

Proverbs 2:12

AMP: To keep you from the way of evil and the evil man,From the man who speaks perverse things;

ASV: To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

BSB: to deliver you from the way of evil,from the man who speaks perversity,

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

DRA: That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:

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

Proverbs 2:13

AMP: From those who leave the paths of uprightnessTo walk in the ways of darkness;

ASV: Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

BSB: from those who leave the straight pathsto walk in the ways of darkness,

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

DRA: Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:

KJV: Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Proverbs 2:14

AMP: Who find joy in doing evilAnd delight in the perversity of evil,

ASV: Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

BSB: from those who enjoy doing eviland rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

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

DRA: Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things:

KJV: Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

Proverbs 2:15

AMP: Whose paths are crooked,And who are devious in their ways;

ASV: Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

BSB: whose paths are crookedand whose ways are devious.

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

DRA: Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.

KJV: Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

Proverbs 2:16

AMP: To keep you from the immoral woman;From the seductress with her flattering words, [Prov 2:11]

ASV: To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

BSB: It will rescue you from the forbidden woman,from the stranger with seductive words

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

DRA: That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words:

KJV: To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

Proverbs 2:17

AMP: Who leaves the companion (husband) of her youth,And forgets the covenant of her God.

ASV: That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

BSB: who abandons the partner of her youthand forgets the covenant of her God.

DARBY: who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;

DRA: And forsaketh the guide of her youth,

KJV: Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

Proverbs 2:18

AMP: For her house leads down to deathAnd her paths lead to the dead;

ASV: For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

BSB: For her house sinks down to death,and her tracks to the departed spirits.

DARBY: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;

DRA: And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.

KJV: For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

Proverbs 2:19

AMP: None who go to her return again,Nor do they regain the paths of life—

ASV: None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

BSB: None who go to her returnor negotiate the paths of life.

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

DRA: None that go in unto her shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life,

KJV: None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

Proverbs 2:20

AMP: So you will walk in the way of good men [that is, those of personal integrity, moral courage and honorable character],And keep to the paths of the righteous.

ASV: That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

BSB: So you will follow in the ways of the good,and keep to the paths of the righteous.

DARBY: that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.

DRA: That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just.

KJV: That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

Proverbs 2:21

AMP: For the upright [those who are in right standing with God] will live in the landAnd those [of integrity] who are blameless [in God’s sight] will remain in it;

ASV: For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.

BSB: For the upright will inhabit the land,and the blameless will remain in it;

DARBY: For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;

DRA: For they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it.

KJV: For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

Proverbs 2:22

AMP: But the wicked will be cut off from the landAnd the treacherous shall be [forcibly] uprooted and removed from it.

ASV: But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

BSB: but the wicked will be cut off from the land,and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

DARBY: but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it.

DRA: But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly shall be taken away from it.

KJV: But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

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