Proverbs 2 - The Passion Translation(TPT)

Searching for Wisdom

1My child, will you treasure my wisdom?

Then, and only then, will you acquire it.

And only if you accept my advice

and hide it within will you succeed.

2So train your heart to listen when I speak

and open your spirit wide to expand your discernment—

then pass it on to your sons and daughters.

3Yes, cry out for comprehension and intercede for insight.

4For if you keep seeking it like a man would seek for sterling silver,

searching in hidden places for cherished treasure,

5then you will discover the fear of the Lord

and find the true knowledge of God.

6Wisdom is a gift from a generous God,

and every word he speaks is full of revelation

and becomes a fountain of understanding within you.

7-8For the Lord has a hidden storehouse of wisdom

made accessible to his godly ones.

He becomes your personal bodyguard as you follow his ways,

protecting and guarding you as you choose what is right.

9Then you will discover all that is just, proper, and fair,

and be empowered to make the right decisions

as you walk into your destiny.

10When wisdom wins your heart and revelation breaks in,

true pleasure enters your soul.

11If you choose to follow good counsel,

divine design will watch over you

and understanding will protect you

from making poor choices.

12It will rescue you from evil in disguise

and from those who speak duplicities.

13For they have left the paths of righteousness

and walk in the ways of darkness.

14They take pleasure when evil prospers

and thoroughly enjoy a lifestyle of sin.

15But they’re walking on a path to nowhere,

wandering away into deeper deception.

Wisdom, the Way of the Pure

16Only wisdom can save you from the flattery

of the promiscuous woman—

she’s such a smooth-talking seductress!

17She left her husband and has forgotten her wedding vows.

18You’ll find her house on the road to hell,

19and all the men who go through her doors

will never come back to the place they were—

they will find nothing but desolation and despair.

20Follow those who follow wisdom and stay on the right path.

21For all my godly lovers will enjoy life to the fullest

and will inherit their destinies.

22But the treacherous ones who love darkness

will lose not only all they could have had,

but even their own souls!