Proverbs 2:1-8

¹My son, if thou receivest my words, and hidest my behests with thee (or and hidest my commands with thee);

²(so) that thine ear hear wisdom, bow (down) thine heart to know prudence.

³For if thou inwardly callest (to) wisdom, and bowest thine heart to(ward) prudence;

⁴if thou seekest it as money, and diggest it out as treasures;

⁵then thou shalt understand the dread of the Lord, and shalt find the knowing of God. (then thou shalt understand the fear of the Lord or then thou shalt understand reverence for the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God.)

⁶For the Lord giveth wisdom; and prudence and knowing is of his mouth. (For the Lord giveth wisdom; and understanding and knowledge cometh from his mouth.)

⁷He shall keep the health of rightful men, and he shall defend them that go simply. (He shall keep safe the salvation, or the deliverance, of the righteous, and he shall defend those who go with honesty, or with integrity.)

⁸And he shall keep (safe) the paths of rightwiseness, and he shall keep (safe) the ways of holy men.