Proverbs 2:8-15

⁸He supports those who act fairly and protects those who trust in him.

⁹Then you will be able to recognize what is right and just and fair, in fact all that is good in the way you should live.

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁵They live crooked lives doing deceitful things.