Proverbs

Proverbs 2:11–13

¹¹Discretion will watch over you,

and understanding will guard you,

¹²to deliver you from the way of evil,

from the man who speaks perversity,

¹³from those who leave the straight paths

to walk in the ways of darkness,

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Discretion	מְ֭זִמָּה	mə·zim·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H4209 purpose, discretion, device
will watch over you	תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר	tiš·mōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
and understanding	תְּבוּנָ֥ה	tə·ḇū·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8394 intelligence, argument, caprice
will guard you	תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃	ṯin·ṣə·rek·kāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; second person masculine singular	H5341 watch, guard, keep

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
to deliver you	לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ	lə·haṣ·ṣî·lə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H5337 strip, plunder
from the way	מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ	mid·de·reḵ	Preposition-m; Noun - common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of evil	רָ֑ע	rā‘	Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil
from the man	מֵ֝אִ֗ישׁ	mê·’îš	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
who speaks	מְדַבֵּ֥ר	mə·ḏab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H1696 speak
perversity	תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃	tah·pu·ḵō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H8419 perversity, fraud

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
from those who leave	הַ֭עֹ֣זְבִים	ha·‘ō·zə·ḇîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
the straight	יֹ֑שֶׁר	yō·šer	Noun - masculine singular	H3476 straightness, uprightness
paths	אָרְח֣וֹת	’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ	Noun - common plural construct	H734 way, path
to walk	לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת	lā·le·ḵeṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1980 go, come, walk
in the ways	בְּדַרְכֵי־	bə·ḏar·ḵê-	Preposition-b; Noun - common plural construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of darkness	חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃	ḥō·šeḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 2:11 Proverbs 4:6 · Ephesians 5:15 · Psalm 25:21 · Ecclesiastes 10:10 · Psalm 119:9–11

Proverbs 2:12 1 Corinthians 15:33 · Proverbs 13:20 · Proverbs 8:13 · 2 Corinthians 6:17 · Isaiah 59:3–5

Proverbs 2:13 John 3:19–20 · Proverbs 4:19 · 2 Peter 2:20–22 · Proverbs 21:16 · 1 John 2:19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.