{"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/erv/proverbs/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T22:55:43.518Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 lay up my commandments with thee;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For the LORD giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh 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":"That he may guard the paths of judgment, and preserve the way of his saints."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment, and equity, yea, every good path."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For wisdom shall enter into thine heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Discretion shall watch over thee, understanding shall keep thee:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Who forsake 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":"Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Which forsaketh the friend 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 unto the paths of life:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, 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 they that deal treacherously shall be rooted out of it."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 2 (ERV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 2](https://primebible.com/erv/proverbs/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/proverbs/2 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}