Proverbs 2:2-9

LEB(i) 2 in order to incline your ear toward wisdom, then you shall apply your heart to understanding. 3 For if you cry out for understanding,* if you lift* your voice for insight, 4 if you seek her like silver and search her out like treasure,* 5 then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and the knowledge of God you will find. 6 For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. 7 For the upright, he stores* sound judgment, a shield for those who walk uprightly, 8 in order to guard paths of justice and keep* the way of his faithful ones. 9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and uprightness—every good course—