Proverbs 2:4-19

⁴And if thou shalt seek it as silver, And search diligently for it as for treasures;

⁵Then shalt thou 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.

⁹Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment; And shalt direct all thy course aright.

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁵Whose paths are crooked, And their courses winding;

¹⁶To remove thee far from the straight way, And to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,

¹⁷Of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, And forgotten the covenant of God.

¹⁸For she has fixed her house near death, And guided her wheels near Hades with the giants.

¹⁹None that go by her shall return, Neither shall they take hold of right paths, For they are not apprehended of the years of life.