Proverbs 2
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Promises to those who seek wisdom | ||
| My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind; | My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; | |
Verse 1 WEB My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you; KJV My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; TSK if: pr 1:3, pr 4:1, pr 7:1, joh 12:47,48, 1ti 1:15; hide: pr 3:1, pr 4:20-22, pr 6:21, de 6:6-9, job 23:12, ps 119:9-11, mt 13:44, lu 2:19,51, lu 9:44 |
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| So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge; | So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; | |
Verse 2 WEB So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; KJV So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; TSK thou: pr 18:1, ps 119:111,112, isa 55:3, mt 13:9; apply: pr 22:17-21, pr 23:12, ps 90:12, ec 7:25, ec 8:9,16, ac 17:11 |
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| Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; | Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; | |
Verse 3 WEB Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; KJV Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; TSK if: pr 3:6, pr 8:17, 1ki 3:9-12, 1ch 22:12, ps 25:4,5, ps 119:34,73,125,169, lu 11:13, eph 1:17,18, jas 1:5 |
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| If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth; | If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; | |
Verse 4 WEB If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures: KJV If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; TSK thou: pr 3:14,15, pr 8:18,19, pr 16:16, pr 23:23, ps 19:10, ps 119:14,72,127, mt 6:19-21, mt 13:44, mt 19:21,22,29; searchest: job 28:12-20, ec 4:8, lu 16:8 |
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| Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours. | Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. | |
Verse 5 WEB then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God. KJV Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. TSK shalt: 2ch 1:10-12, ho 6:3, mt 7:7,8, lu 11:9-13; the fear: pr 9:10, job 28:28, jer 32:40,41; find: jer 9:24, jer 24:7, jer 31:34, mt 11:27, lu 10:22, joh 17:3, 1jo 5:20 |
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| For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason: | For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. | |
Verse 6 WEB For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. KJV For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. TSK the Lord: ex 31:3, 1ki 3:9,12, 1ki 4:29, 1ch 22:12, job 32:8, isa 54:13, da 1:17, da 2:21,23, lu 21:15, joh 6:45, eph 1:17,18, jas 1:5,17; out: pr 6:23, pr 8:5-9, ps 19:7, ps 119:98,104, isa 8:20 |
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| He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil; | He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. | |
Verse 7 WEB He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity; KJV He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. TSK layeth: pr 8:14, pr 14:8, job 28:8, 1co 1:19,24,30, 1co 2:6,7, 1co 3:18,19, col 2:3, 2ti 3:15-17, jas 3:15-17; a buckler: pr 28:18, pr 30:5, ps 84:11, ps 144:2 |
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| He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him. | He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. | |
Verse 8 WEB that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints. KJV He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. TSK keepeth: pr 8:20, ps 1:6, ps 23:3, ps 121:5-8, isa 35:9, isa 49:9,10, joh 10:28,29; and: pr 3:21-24, de 33:3,26-29, 1sa 2:9, ps 37:23,24,28,31, ps 66:9, ps 145:20, jer 32:40,41, 1pe 1:5, jude 1:24 |
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| Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way. | Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. | |
Verse 9 WEB Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path. KJV Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. TSK Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.: pr 1:2-6, ps 25:8,9, ps 32:8, ps 119:99,105, ps 143:8-10, isa 35:8, isa 48:17, jer 6:16, mt 7:13,14, joh 14:6 |
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The advantages of wisdom | ||
| For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul; | When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; | |
Verse 10 WEB For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. KJV When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; TSK When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;: pr 18:1,2, pr 24:13,14, job 23:12, ps 19:10, ps 104:34, ps 119:97,103,111,162, jer 15:16, col 3:16 |
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| Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you; | Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: | |
Verse 11 WEB Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you, KJV Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: TSK Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:: pr 4:6, pr 6:22-24, ps 25:21, ps 119:9-11, ec 9:15-18, ec 10:10, eph 5:15 |
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| Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false; | To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; | |
Verse 12 WEB to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things; KJV To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; TSK deliver: pr 1:10-19, pr 4:14-17, pr 9:6, pr 13:20, ps 17:4,5, ps 26:4,5, ps 141:4, 2co 6:17; from the man: pr 3:32, pr 8:13, pr 16:28-30, ps 101:4, isa 59:3-5, ac 20:30, 1co 15:33 |
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| Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads; | Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; | |
Verse 13 WEB who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; KJV Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; TSK leave: pr 21:16, ps 14:3, ps 36:3, eze 18:26, eze 33:12,13, zep 1:6, mt 12:43-45, 2ti 4:10, heb 6:4-6, 2pe 2:20-22, 1jo 2:19; walk: pr 4:19, job 24:13-16, joh 3:19,20, joh 12:35, ro 1:21, 1th 5:5-7, joh 1:6, joh 2:9-11 |
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| Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner; | Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; | |
Verse 14 WEB who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil; KJV Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; TSK rejoice: pr 10:23, jer 11:15, hab 1:15, zep 3:11, 1co 13:6; and: ho 7:3, lu 22:4,5, ro 1:32 |
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| Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil: | Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: | |
Verse 15 WEB who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths: KJV Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: TSK Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:: de 32:5, ps 125:5, isa 30:8-13, isa 59:8, php 2:15 |
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| To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue; | To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; | |
Verse 16 WEB To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words; KJV To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; TSK deliver: pr 5:3-20, pr 6:24, pr 7:5-23, pr 22:14, pr 23:27, ge 39:3-12, ne 13:26,27, ec 7:26; flattereth: pr 7:21, pr 29:5 |
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| Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind: | Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. | |
Verse 17 WEB who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God: KJV Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. TSK the guide: pr 5:18, jer 3:4; forgetteth: eze 16:8,59,60, mal 2:14-16 |
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| For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades: | For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. | |
Verse 18 WEB for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead. KJV For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. TSK For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.: pr 5:4-14, pr 6:26-35, pr 7:22-27, pr 9:18, 1co 6:9-11, ga 5:19-21, eph 5:5, re 21:8, re 22:15 |
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| Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life: | None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. | |
Verse 19 WEB None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life: KJV None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. TSK None: ps 81:12, ec 7:26, jer 13:23, ho 4:14, mt 19:24-26; take: pr 4:18, heb 6:18 |
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| So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright. | That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. | |
Verse 20 WEB that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. KJV That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. TSK That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.: pr 13:20, ps 119:63,115, so 1:7,8, jer 6:16, heb 6:12, 3jo 1:11 |
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| For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage. | For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. | |
Verse 21 WEB For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it. KJV For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. TSK For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.: job 1:1, job 42:12, ps 37:3,9,11,22,29, ps 84:11, ps 112:4-6 |
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| But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted. | But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. | |
Verse 22 WEB But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it. KJV But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. TSK the wicked: pr 5:22,23, job 18:16-18, job 21:30, ps 37:20,22,28,37,38, ps 52:5, ps 104:35, ps 145:20, isa 3:10,11; rooted: de 7:22, de 28:64 |
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