Proverbs 2:1-11 My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee ² That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng ³ For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge ⁴ If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures ⁵ Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God ⁶ For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng ⁷ He stirreth vp health for the righteous: and defendeth them that walke vprightly ⁸ That they may kepe the right path: and he preserueth the way of such as do serue him with godlinesse ⁹ Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path ¹⁰ When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge ¹¹ Then shall counsayle preserue thee, and vnderstandyng shall kepe thee