Proverbs 2:10-15 in English

¹⁰ For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

¹¹ Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

¹² To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

¹³ Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

¹⁵ Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

¹⁰ For if wisdom shall come into thine understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to thy soul,

¹¹ good counsel shall guard thee, and holy understanding shall keep thee;

¹² to deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.

¹³ Alas for those who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness;

¹⁴ who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness;

¹⁵ whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding;

¹⁰ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

¹¹ Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

¹² To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

¹³ Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

¹⁵ Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

¹⁰ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

¹¹ Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

¹² To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

¹³ Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

¹⁵ Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

¹⁰ For if wisdom shall come into your understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to your soul,

¹¹ good counsel shall guard you, and holy understanding shall keep you;

¹² to deliver you from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.

¹³ Alas for those who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness;

¹⁴ who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness;

¹⁵ whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding;

¹⁰ For wisdom shall enter into thine heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

¹¹ Discretion shall watch over thee, understanding shall keep thee:

¹² To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;

¹³ Who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;

¹⁵ Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths:

¹⁰ because you will be wise in your inner being; and knowing what God wants you to know will cause you to be joyful.

¹¹ If you know PRS how to choose what is right to do and if you understand what God wants you to do, God will protect you and guard you and keep you safe.

¹² If you are wise PRS, you will not do what evil people do, and you will not believe what deceitful people say.

¹³ Deceitful people have stopped acting fairly/justly toward others and ◄walk on dark and evil paths/do what evil people do► MET.

¹⁴ They enjoy doing what is wrong; they like to do what is evil and to deceive people.

¹⁵ They ◄walk on crooked paths/always deceive others► and are always dishonest.

¹⁰ For if wisdom shall come into your understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to your soul,

¹¹ good counsel shall guard you, and holy understanding shall keep you;

¹² to deliver you from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.

¹³ Alas for those who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness;

¹⁴ who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness;

¹⁵ whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding;

¹⁰ For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

¹¹ Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

¹² to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

¹³ who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,

¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

¹⁵ who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

¹⁰ For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

¹¹ Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

¹² to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

¹³ who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,

¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

¹⁵ who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

¹⁰ For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

¹¹ Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

¹² to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

¹³ who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,

¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

¹⁵ who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

¹⁰ For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

¹¹ Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

¹² Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

¹³ Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;

¹⁴ Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;

¹⁵ Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

¹⁰ When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,

¹¹ discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

¹² To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;

¹³ from those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;

¹⁵ whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:

¹⁰ If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul:

¹¹ Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,

¹² That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:

¹³ Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:

¹⁴ Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in most wicked things:

¹⁵ Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.

¹⁰ For wisdom will fill your mind, and knowledge will make you happy.

¹¹ Good decisions will keep you on track; thinking logically will keep you safe.

¹² Doing this will save you from the ways of evil, from men who tell twisted lies,

¹³ who turn away from following what is right to walk down paths of darkness.

¹⁴ They happily do wrong; they love how twisted evil is.

¹⁵ They live crooked lives doing deceitful things.

¹⁰ When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,

¹¹ Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,

¹² And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,

¹³ And from them that leaue the wayes of righteousnes to walke in the wayes of darkenes:

¹⁴ Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,

¹⁵ Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths.

¹⁰ For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

¹¹ Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;

¹² To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;

¹³ Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;

¹⁵ Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths;

¹⁰ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, And knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

¹¹ Discretion shall preserve thee, Understanding shall keep thee:

¹² To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, From the man that speaketh froward things;

¹³ Who leave the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

¹⁵ Whose ways are crooked, And they froward in their paths:

¹⁰ For wisdom will enter thy heart, and knowledge will be pleasant unto thy soul;

¹¹ Discretion will watch over thee, understanding will keep thee;

¹² To deliver thee from the way of the bad, from the man that speaketh perverse things;

¹³ From those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil, who are delighted in the perverseness of the bad;

¹⁵ Who as regardeth their paths are crooked, and froward in their tracks.

¹⁰ For if wisdom shall come into thine understanding, And discernment shall seem pleasing to thy soul,

¹¹ Good counsel shall guard thee, And holy understanding shall keep thee;

¹² To deliver thee from the evil way, And from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.

¹³ Alas for those who forsake right paths, To walk in ways of darkness;

¹⁴ Who rejoice in evils, And delight in wicked perverseness;

¹⁵ Whose paths are crooked, And their courses winding;

¹⁰ When wisdom entereth into thy heart, And knowledge is pleasant to thy soul,

¹¹ Discretion will guard thee, Understanding will preserve thee.

¹² It will deliver thee from the way of the wicked, From the men who speak perverse things;

¹³ Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perverseness of the wicked;

¹⁵ Whose paths are crooked, And who are froward in their ways.

¹⁰ For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

¹¹ Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

¹² to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

¹³ who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;

¹⁵ who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:

¹⁰ For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

¹¹ Discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you.

¹² They will rescue you from the way of evil, from those who speak perverse things,

¹³ who abandon the right paths and walk in the ways of darkness.

¹⁴ They rejoice when they do evil and delight in the perversities of evil.

¹⁵ They follow crooked paths, and using deception they hide their tracks.

¹⁰ For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

¹¹ Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

¹² to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

¹³ who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,

¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

¹⁵ who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

¹⁰ For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

¹¹ Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

¹² to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

¹³ who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,

¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

¹⁵ who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

¹⁰ When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul;

¹¹ Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

¹² To deliver thee from the way of the evil man , from the man that speaketh froward things;

¹³ Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

¹⁵ Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

¹⁰ For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

¹¹ Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

¹² to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

¹³ who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,

¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

¹⁵ who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

¹⁰ For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

¹¹ Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

¹² to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

¹³ who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,

¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

¹⁵ who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

¹⁰ If wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowing pleaseth thy soul,

¹¹ good counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall keep thee;

¹² that thou be delivered from an evil way, and from a man that speaketh wayward things.

¹³ Which forsake a rightful or right way, and go by dark ways;

¹⁴ which be glad, when they have done evil, and make full out joy in worst things;

¹⁵ whose ways be wayward, and their goings be of evil fame.

¹⁰ If wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowing pleaseth thy soul,

¹¹ good counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall keep thee; (good advice shall keep thee safe, and understanding shall keep thee safe;)

¹² (so) that thou be delivered from an evil way, and from a man that speaketh wayward things (or and from the person who speaketh wicked things).

¹³ Which forsake a rightful way, (or From those who abandon the right way), and go by dark ways;

¹⁴ which be glad, when they have done evil, and make full out joy in worst things; (who be glad, when they have done evil, and rejoice in the worst things;)

¹⁵ whose ways be wayward, and their goings be of evil fame. (whose ways be wicked, and whose deeds be shameful.)

¹⁰ For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,

¹¹ Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

¹² To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

¹³ Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

¹⁴ Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

¹⁵ Whose paths are crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.