{"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/ylt/proverbs/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T08:12:10.758Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","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 dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness — every good path."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Whose paths are crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 2 (YLT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 2](https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/2 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}