{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T07:11:20.788Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"yea, if thou criest after discernment and liftest up thy voice to understanding;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to them that walk in integrity;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"from those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, And keep the paths of the righteous."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 2 (DBT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 2](https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/2 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}