Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

New American Standard Bible

For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

King James Version

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

Holman Bible

For the Lord gives wisdom;
from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

International Standard Version

For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

A Conservative Version

For LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth [is] knowledge and understanding.

American Standard Version

For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:

Amplified


For the Lord gives [skillful and godly] wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Bible in Basic English

For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

Darby Translation

For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Julia Smith Translation

For Jehovah will give wisdom: from his mouth knowledge and understanding.

King James 2000

For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

Modern King James verseion

For Jehovah gives wisdom; out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For it is the LORD that giveth wisdom, out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

NET Bible

For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

New Heart English Bible

For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

The Emphasized Bible

For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;

Webster

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

World English Bible

For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

Youngs Literal Translation

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the Lord

Usage: 0

נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

חכמה 
Chokmah 
Usage: 149

דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

Devotionals

Devotionals about Proverbs 2:6

References

Fausets

Images Proverbs 2:6

Prayers for Proverbs 2:6

Context Readings

The Benefits Of Wisdom

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,

Cross References

1 Kings 3:12

behold, I do hereby do according to your word. I hereby give you a wise and discerning heart; there was no one like you before you, nor afterwards will one like you arise.

Job 32:8

"Truly, it [is] a spirit in a human being, and the breath of Shaddai teaches them.

James 1:5

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

1 Kings 3:9

Give to your servant a listening heart to judge your people, to discern between good and bad, because who is able to judge this, your difficult people?"

Isaiah 8:20

for teaching and for testimony?" {surely they [who] speak like this have no dawn}.

Exodus 31:3

And I have filled him [with] the Spirit of God, with wisdom and with skill and with knowledge and with every [kind of] craftsmanship,

1 Kings 4:29

God gave wisdom to Solomon and very great discernment, as well as {breadth of understanding}, as the sand which is on the edge of the seashore.

1 Chronicles 22:12

Only may Yahweh give to you understanding and insight that he might give you charge over Israel and the keeping of the law of Yahweh your God.

Psalm 19:7

The law of Yahweh [is] perfect, reviving life. The testimony of Yahweh [is] firm, making wise [the] simple.

Psalm 119:98

Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, because they [are] ever with me.

Psalm 119:104

From your precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way.

Proverbs 6:23

For [like] a lamp [is] a commandment, and instruction [is] light, and the way of life [is the] reproof of discipline,

Proverbs 8:5-9

Learn prudence, O simple ones; fools, learn {intelligence}.

Isaiah 54:13

And all your children [shall be] pupils of Yahweh, and the peace of your children [shall be] great.

Daniel 1:17

{And as for these four young men}, God gave to them knowledge and insight into all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had insight into all visions and dreams.

Daniel 2:21

And he changes the times and the seasons, and he deposes kings and he sets up kings; he gives wisdom to wise men and knowledge to [men who] know understanding.

Daniel 2:23

To you, O God of my ancestors, I give thanks and I give praises, for the wisdom and the power you gave to me, and now you have made known to me what we have asked from you, for you have made known to us the matter of the king."

Luke 21:15

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom that all your opponents will not be able to resist or contradict.

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears from the Father and learns comes to me.

Ephesians 1:17-18

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, {the glorious Father}, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.

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