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1 My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,
1 My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
2 And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,
2 so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
3 (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:
3 yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
4 If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures,
4 if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.
5 then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.
6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7 He preserueth the state of the righteous: he is a shielde to them that walke vprightly,
7 He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 That they may keepe the wayes of iudgement: and he preserueth the way of his Saintes)
8 that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
9 Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,
10 For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,
11 Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
12 And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,
12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
13 And from them that leaue the wayes of righteousnes to walke in the wayes of darkenes:
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,
14 who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15 Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths.
15 who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
16 And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.
16 to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.
17 who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;
18 Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead.
18 for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
19 All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life.
19 None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
20 Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.
20 Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 For the iust shall dwell in the land, and the vpright men shall remaine in it.
21 For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
22 But the wicked shalbe cut off from ye earth, and the transgressours shalbe rooted out of it.
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
Cross references (22)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 1:3; Proverbs 4:1; John 12:47–48; Deuteronomy 6:6–9
  2. 2 Proverbs 23:12; Proverbs 18:1; Psalm 90:12; Matthew 13:9; Psalm 119:111–112
  3. 3 James 1:5; Ephesians 1:17–18; Proverbs 3:6; Psalm 25:4–5; 1 Kings 3:9–12
  4. 4 Matthew 13:44; Matthew 19:29; Proverbs 16:16; Job 3:21; Proverbs 8:18–19
  5. 5 Proverbs 1:7; Jeremiah 24:7; Luke 10:22; 1 John 5:20; Luke 11:9–13
  6. 6 Ephesians 1:17–18; James 1:5; Luke 21:15; Isaiah 54:13; Job 32:8
  7. 7 James 3:15–17; Proverbs 30:5; Psalm 84:11; 1 Corinthians 3:18–19; 2 Timothy 3:15–17
  8. 8 Psalm 23:3; 1 Samuel 2:9; John 10:28–29; Psalm 145:20; Psalm 66:9
  9. 9 Jeremiah 6:16; Matthew 7:13–14; Isaiah 48:17; Psalm 143:8–10; Proverbs 1:2–6
  10. 10 Jeremiah 15:16; Colossians 3:16; Job 23:12; Proverbs 24:13–14; Psalm 104:34
  11. 11 Proverbs 4:6; Ephesians 5:15; Psalm 25:21; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Psalm 119:9–11
  12. 12 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 13:20; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Isaiah 59:3–5
  13. 13 John 3:19–20; Proverbs 4:19; 1 John 2:19; Proverbs 21:16; 2 Peter 2:20–22
  14. 14 Romans 1:32; Proverbs 10:23; Jeremiah 11:15; Luke 22:4–5; 1 Corinthians 13:6
  15. 15 Psalm 125:5; Proverbs 21:8; Philippians 2:15; Deuteronomy 32:5; Isaiah 59:8
  16. 16 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 7:5–23; Proverbs 23:27
  17. 17 Ezekiel 16:59–60; Jeremiah 3:4; Ezekiel 16:8; Malachi 2:14–16; Proverbs 5:18
  18. 18 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Proverbs 9:18; Galatians 5:19–21; Revelation 21:8; Ephesians 5:5
  19. 19 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Psalm 81:12; Hosea 4:14; Matthew 19:24–26; Hebrews 6:18
  20. 20 Hebrews 6:12; 3 John 11; Psalm 119:115; Psalm 119:63; Proverbs 13:20
  21. 21 Psalm 84:11; Psalm 37:29; Psalm 37:9; Proverbs 10:30; Job 42:12
  22. 22 Psalm 52:5; Deuteronomy 7:22; Isaiah 3:10–11; Psalm 37:28; Proverbs 10:30

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 2:6 Augustine of Hippo, On Christian Doctrine (Book III, Chapter 37)

    For in these very books on the study of which they are intent, they read, "The Lord giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding;" and it is from Him they have received their very desire for knowledge, if it is wedded to piety.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)