Proverbs 2:1 - The Message Good friend, take to heart what I’m telling you; collect my counsels and guard them with your life. Tune your ears to the world of Wisdom; set your heart on a life of Understanding. That’s right—if you make Insight your priority, and won’t take no for an answer, Searching for it like a prospector panning for gold, like an adventurer on a treasure hunt, Believe me, before you know it Fear-of-God will be yours; you’ll have come upon the Knowledge of God. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And hide my commandments with thee; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition MY SON, if you will receive my words and treasure up my commandments within you, American Standard Version (1901) My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; Common English Bible My son, accept my words and store up my commands. Catholic Public Domain Version My son, if you would accept my words, and conceal my commandments within you, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee, |