English Bible Presentation Sharing - Proverbs Book, chapter 2, verse 15 in Hcsb Version

Proverbs 2 : 1 (HCSB)

My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,

Proverbs 2 : 2 (HCSB)

listening closely to wisdom and directing your heart to understanding;

Proverbs 2 : 3 (HCSB)

furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

Proverbs 2 : 4 (HCSB)

if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure,

Proverbs 2 : 5 (HCSB)

then you will understand the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 2 : 6 (HCSB)

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

Proverbs 2 : 7 (HCSB)

He stores up success for the upright; He is a shield for those who live with integrity

Proverbs 2 : 8 (HCSB)

so that He may guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His loyal followers.

Proverbs 2 : 9 (HCSB)

Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and integrity-- every good path.

Proverbs 2 : 10 (HCSB)

For wisdom will enter your mind, and knowledge will delight your heart.

Proverbs 2 : 11 (HCSB)

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

Proverbs 2 : 12 (HCSB)

rescuing you from the way of evil-- from the one who says perverse things,

Proverbs 2 : 13 (HCSB)

*from those who abandon the right paths to walk in ways of darkness,

Proverbs 2 : 14 (HCSB)

*from those who enjoy doing evil and celebrate perversity,

Proverbs 2 : 15 (HCSB)

whose paths are crooked, and whose ways are devious.

Proverbs 2 : 16 (HCSB)

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, from a stranger with her flattering talk,

Proverbs 2 : 17 (HCSB)

who abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

Proverbs 2 : 18 (HCSB)

for her house sinks down to death and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.

Proverbs 2 : 19 (HCSB)

None return who go to her; none reach the paths of life.

Proverbs 2 : 20 (HCSB)

So follow the way of good people, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

Proverbs 2 : 21 (HCSB)

For the upright will inhabit the land, and those of integrity will remain in it;

Proverbs 2 : 22 (HCSB)

but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous uprooted from it.