Verse 15
Proverbs 2:15
English Revised Version
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Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths:
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָרְחֹתֵי/הֶ֣ם עִקְּשִׁ֑ים וּ֝/נְלוֹזִ֗ים בְּ/מַעְגְּלוֹתָֽ/ם
English Translation
Which paths of theirs are crooked and devious in their circuits.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 2 Context
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My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee;
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So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
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Yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding;
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If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
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Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God (Elohim).
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For the LORD giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:
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He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, he is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
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That he may guard the paths of judgment, and preserve the way of his saints.
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Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment, and equity, yea, every good path.
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For wisdom shall enter into thine heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
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Discretion shall watch over thee, understanding shall keep thee:
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To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
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Who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
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Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
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Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths:
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To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
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Which forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God (Elohim):
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For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead:
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None that go unto her return again, neither do they attain unto the paths of life:
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That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
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For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
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But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and they that deal treacherously shall be rooted out...
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