Proverbs 2:6

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

For YHWH gives wisdom; from His mouth is knowledge and understanding.

Latin

…quia Dominus dat sapientiam, et ex ore ejus prudentia et scientia.

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Proverbs 2:6

The Lord gives wisdom to those who learn it from the Scriptures, which are his words (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20–21). You cannot become wise through observation alone.

Proverbs 2:1–22

The father advises his son to seek wisdom. It will protect him from bad people and the risks of unfaithful women. The son should pursue wisdom, knowing it is a gift from God.

Theme notes and profiles

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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 your knowledge of Him.
James 1:5
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
Luke 21:15
For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
Isaiah 54:13
Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
Job 32:8
But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
Psalm 119:98
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
John 6:45
It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
1 Kings 3:12
…behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been another like you, nor will there ever be.
James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Daniel 2:23
To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because You have given me wisdom and power. And now You have made known to me what we have requested, for You have made known to us the dream of the king.”
Psalm 119:104
I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
Daniel 2:21
He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

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