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Proverbs 2:5 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 2 · verse 5
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.Proverbs 2:5 · King James Version
Proverbs 2:5 in context
3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
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Key words (Strong's)
- understandbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- knowledgedaʻathknowledgeH1847 →
- fearyirʼâhfearH3374 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- findmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth toH4672 →
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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