Proverbs 2
Solomon urges his son to seek wisdom like hidden treasure. Those who find wisdom gain understanding, protection from evil paths, and deliverance from the immoral woman. God gives wisdom to the upright.
ProverbsChapter 2 of 3122 versesBerean Standard Bible
If God speaks to you through Proverbs 2, record what He said in Doxa and come back to it.
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
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How to Hear God’s Voice: A Practical Guide for BelieversScripture is the record of a God who speaks. This guide covers how to hear Him today and keep what He says.Cross-references for Proverbs 2
“My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;”
“that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.”
“Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.”
“Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.”
“He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
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