Proverbs 2:1-8

¹My son, if you will receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with you;

²your ear shall listen to wisdom; you shall also apply your heart to understanding, and shall apply it to the instruction of your son.

³For it you shall call to wisdom, and utter your voice for understanding;

⁴and if you shall seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;

⁵then shall you understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

⁶For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence come knowledge and understanding,

⁷and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way;

⁸that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him.