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Proverbs 2:1 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 2 · verse 1
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;Proverbs 2:1 · King James Version
Proverbs 2:1 in context
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
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Key words (Strong's)
- receivelâqachto takeH3947 →
- wordsʼêmersomething saidH561 →
- hidetsâphanto hideH6845 →
- sonbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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Job had asked, long before this, Where shall wisdom be found? Whence cometh wisdom? (Job 28:12, Job 28:20) and he had given this general answer (v. 23), God knoweth the place of it; but Solomon here goes further, and tells us both where we may find it and how we may get it. We are here told, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9