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Proverbs 2

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Proverbs 2

1 Good friend, take to heart what I'm

telling you; collect my counsels and
guard them with your life.
2 Tune your ears to the world of
Wisdom; set your heart on a life of
Understanding.
3 That's right - if you make Insight your
priority, and won't take no for an answer,
4 Searching for it like a prospector
panning for gold, like an adventurer on a
treasure hunt,
5 Believe me, before you know it Fear-
of-God will be yours; you'll have come
upon the Knowledge of God.
6 And here's why: God gives out
Wisdom free, is plainspoken in
Knowledge and Understanding.
7 He's a rich mine of Common Sense
for those who live well, a personal
bodyguard to the candid and sincere.
8 He keeps his eye on all who live
honestly, and pays special attention to
his loyally committed ones.
9 So now you can pick out what's true
and fair, find all the good trails!
10 Lady Wisdom will be your close
friend, and Brother Knowledge your
pleasant companion.
11 Good Sense will scout ahead for
danger, Insight will keep an eye out for
you.
12 They'll keep you from making wrong
turns, or following the bad directions
13 Of those who are lost themselves
and can't tell a trail from a tumbleweed,
14 These losers who make a game of
evil and throw parties to celebrate
perversity,
15 Traveling paths that go nowhere,
wandering in a maze of detours and
dead ends.
16 Wise friends will rescue you from the
Temptress - that smooth-talking
Seductress
17 Who's faithless to the husband she
married years ago, never gave a second
thought to her promises before God.
18 Her whole way of life is doomed;
every step she takes brings her closer
to hell.
19 No one who joins her company ever
comes back, ever sets foot on the path
to real living.
20 So - join the company of good men
and women, keep your feet on the tried
and true paths.
21 It's the men who walk straight who
will settle this land, the women with
integrity who will last here.
22 The corrupt will lose their lives; the
dishonest will be gone for good.

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Proverbs 2 Commentary

Chapter 2
Promises to those who seek wisdom. (1-9)
The advantages of wisdom. (10-22)

Verses 1-9 Those who earnestly seek

heavenly wisdom, will never complain that
they have lost their labour; and the freeness
of the gift does not do away the necessity of
our diligence, Joh. 6:27 . Let them seek, and
they shall find it; let them ask, and it shall be
given them. Observe who are thus favoured.
They are the righteous, on whom the image of
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