Proverbs 2

1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
1 ‫בְּ֭נִי אִם־תִּקַּ֣ח אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃ ‬
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
2 ‫לְהַקְשִׁ֣יב לַֽחָכְמָ֣ה אָזְנֶ֑ךָ תַּטֶּ֥ה לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃ ‬
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
3 ‫כִּ֤י אִ֣ם לַבִּינָ֣ה תִקְרָ֑א לַ֝תְּבוּנָ֗ה תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלֶֽךָ׃ ‬
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
4 ‫אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּה כַכָּ֑סֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִ֥ים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃ ‬
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
5 ‫אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת אֱלֹהִ֣ים תִּמְצָֽא׃ ‬
6 For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
6 ‫כִּֽי־יְ֭הוָה יִתֵּ֣ן חָכְמָ֑ה מִ֝פִּ֗יו דַּ֣עַת וּתְבוּנָֽה׃ ‬
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
7 ‫*וצפן **יִצְפֹּ֣ן לַ֭יְשָׁרִים תּוּשִׁיָּ֑ה מָ֝גֵ֗ן לְהֹ֣לְכֵי תֹֽם׃ ‬
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
8 ‫לִ֭נְצֹר אָרְח֣וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְדֶ֖רֶךְ *חסידו **חֲסִידָ֣יו יִשְׁמֹֽר׃ ‬
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
9 ‫אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין צֶ֣דֶק וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝מֵישָׁרִ֗ים כָּל־מַעְגַּל־טֽוֹב׃ ‬
10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
10 ‫כִּֽי־תָב֣וֹא חָכְמָ֣ה בְלִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝דַ֗עַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥ יִנְעָֽם׃ ‬
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
11 ‫מְ֭זִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר עָלֶ֗יךָ תְּבוּנָ֥ה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃ ‬
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
12 ‫לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ רָ֑ע מֵ֝אִ֗ישׁ מְדַבֵּ֥ר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃ ‬
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
13 ‫הַ֭עֹ֣זְבִים אָרְח֣וֹת יֹ֑שֶׁר לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ ‬
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
14 ‫הַ֭שְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת רָ֑ע יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ בְּֽתַהְפֻּכ֥וֹת רָֽע׃ ‬
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
15 ‫אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם עִקְּשִׁ֑ים וּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗ים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃ ‬
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
16 ‫לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ ‬
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
17 ‫הַ֭עֹזֶבֶת אַלּ֣וּף נְעוּרֶ֑יהָ וְאֶת־בְּרִ֖ית אֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה׃ ‬
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
18 ‫כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה אֶל־מָ֣וֶת בֵּיתָ֑הּ וְאֶל־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ ‬
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
19 ‫כָּל־בָּ֭אֶיהָ לֹ֣א יְשׁוּב֑וּן וְלֹֽא־יַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּ אָרְח֥וֹת חַיִּֽים׃ ‬
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
20 ‫לְמַ֗עַן תֵּ֭לֵךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ טוֹבִ֑ים וְאָרְח֖וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ ‬
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
21 ‫כִּֽי־יְשָׁרִ֥ים יִשְׁכְּנוּ‪‬ אָ֑רֶץ וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים יִוָּ֥תְרוּ בָֽהּ׃ ‬
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
22 ‫וּ֭רְשָׁעִים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים יִסְּח֥וּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ פ ‬
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