{"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/kjv/proverbs/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T12:38:14.847Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 hide my commandments with thee;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, <i>and</i> apply thine heart to understanding;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, <i>and</i> liftest up thy voice for understanding;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as <i>for</i> 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 <i>cometh</i> knowledge and understanding."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: <i>he is</i> a buckler to them that walk uprightly."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; <i>yea</i>, every good path."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"To deliver thee from the way of the evil <i>man</i>, from the man that speaketh froward things;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Who rejoice to do evil, <i>and</i> delight in the frowardness of the wicked;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Whose ways <i>are</i> crooked, and <i>they</i> froward in their paths:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"To deliver thee from the strange woman, <i>even</i> from the stranger <i>which</i> flattereth with her words;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Which 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 take they hold of the paths of life."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"That thou mayest walk in the way of good <i>men</i>, 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 earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 2 (KJV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 2](https://primebible.com/kjv/proverbs/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/proverbs/2 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}