Proverbios 2
Bible in Basic English
1My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;
2So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;
3Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;
4If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;
5Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
6For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
7He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;
8He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.
9Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.
10For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;
11Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;
12Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;
13Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;
14Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;
15Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:
16To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;
17Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:
18For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:
19Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:
20So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.
21For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.
22But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.
Reina-Valera 1909
1HIJO mío, si tomares mis palabras, y mis mandamientos guardares dentro de ti,
2Haciendo estar atento tu oído á la sabiduría; si inclinares tu corazón á la prudencia;
3Si clamares á la inteligencia, y á la prudencia dieres tu voz;
4Si como á la plata la buscares, y la escudriñares como á tesoros;
5Entonces entenderás el temor de Jehová, y hallarás el conocimiento de Dios.
6Porque Jehová da la sabiduría, y de su boca viene el conocimiento y la inteligencia.
7El provee de sólida sabiduría á los rectos: es escudo á los que caminan rectamente.
8Es el que guarda las veredas del juicio, y preserva el camino de sus santos.
9Entonces entenderás justicia, juicio, y equidad, y todo buen camino.
10Cuando la sabiduría entrare en tu corazón, y la ciencia fuere dulce á tu alma,
11El consejo te guardará, te preservará la inteligencia:
12Para librarte del mal camino, de los hombres que hablan perversidades;
13Que dejan las veredas derechas, por andar en caminos tenebrosos;
14Que se alegran haciendo mal, que se huelgan en las perversidades del vicio;
15Cuyas veredas son torcidas, y torcidos sus caminos.
16Para librarte de la mujer extraña, de la ajena que halaga con sus palabras;
17Que desampara el príncipe de su mocedad, y se olvida del pacto de su Dios.
18Por lo cual su casa está inclinada á la muerte, y sus veredas hacia los muertos:
19Todos los que á ella entraren, no volverán, ni tomarán las veredas de la vida.
20Para que andes por el camino de los buenos, y guardes las veredas de los justos.
21Porque los rectos habitarán la tierra, y los perfectos permanecerán en ella;
22Mas los impíos serán cortados de la tierra, y los prevaricadores serán de ella desarraigados.
King James Version
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
World English Bible
1My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
2so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
3yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
4if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
5then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
10For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
13who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,
14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
16to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
17who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;
18for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
19None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
20Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
22But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.