{"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/drb/proverbs/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T09:20:23.225Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","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 wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee, "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence: "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence: "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure: "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul: "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee, "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things: "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways: "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things: "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words: "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And forsaketh the guide of her youth, "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"None that go in unto her shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life, "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For they that are upright shall dwell in the earth, and the simple shall continue in it. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly shall be taken away from it. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 2 (DRB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 2](https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/2 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}