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Proverbs 2:5

Then you will understand the [reverent] fear of the LORD [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] And discover the knowledge of God.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Desire;   Fear of God;   Hunger;   Integrity;   Personification;   Prayer;   Righteousness;   Seekers;   Wisdom;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Knowledge;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   The Topic Concordance - Fear;   Finding;   Knowledge;   Obedience;   Seeking;   Understanding;   Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fear, Godly;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Knowledge;   Mind;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Education in Bible Times;   Knowledge of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Old Testament (Ii. Christ as Student and Interpreter of).;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hidden;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Devotionals:

- Today's Word from Skip Moen - Devotion for April 11;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
then you will understand the fear of the Lordand discover the knowledge of God.
Hebrew Names Version
Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.
King James Version
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord , and find the knowledge of God.
English Standard Version
then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
New Century Version
Then you will understand respect for the Lord , and you will find that you know God.
New English Translation
then you will understand how to fear the Lord , and you will discover knowledge about God.
New American Standard Bible
Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And discover the knowledge of God.
World English Bible
Then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, And find the knowledge of God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then you will understand the fear of YahwehAnd find the knowledge of God.
Berean Standard Bible
then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
Contemporary English Version
Then you will understand what it means to respect and to know the Lord God.
Complete Jewish Bible
then you will understand the fear of Adonai and find knowledge of God.
Darby Translation
then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
Easy-to-Read Version
If you do this, you will understand what it means to respect the Lord , and you will come to know God.
George Lamsa Translation
Then you will understand how to worship the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
Good News Translation
If you do, you will know what it means to fear the Lord and you will succeed in learning about God.
Lexham English Bible
then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and the knowledge of God you will find.
Literal Translation
then you shall understand the fear of Jehovah and find knowledge of God.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The shalt thou vnderstonde ye feare of the LORDE, and fynde ye knowlege of God.
American Standard Version
Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.
Bible in Basic English
Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
King James Version (1611)
Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
English Revised Version
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
thanne thou schalt vndirstonde the drede of the Lord, and schalt fynde the kunnyng of God.
Update Bible Version
Then you shall understand the fear of Yahweh, And find knowledge of God.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
New King James Version
Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.
New Living Translation
Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord , and you will gain knowledge of God.
New Life Bible
then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find what is known of God.
New Revised Standard
then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God:
Revised Standard Version
then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
Young's Literal Translation
Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then you will discern the fear of the LORD And discover the knowledge of God.

Contextual Overview

1My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you, 2So that your ear is attentive to [skillful and godly] wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding [seeking it conscientiously and striving for it eagerly]; 3Yes, if you cry out for insight, And lift up your voice for understanding; 4If you seek skillful and godly wisdom as you would silver And search for her as you would hidden treasures; 5Then you will understand the [reverent] fear of the LORD [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] And discover the knowledge of God. 6For the LORD gives [skillful and godly] wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. 7He stores away sound wisdom for the righteous [those who are in right standing with Him]; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity [those of honorable character and moral courage], 8He guards the paths of justice; And He preserves the way of His saints (believers). 9Then you will understand righteousness and justice [in every circumstance] And integrity and every good path.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shalt: 2 Chronicles 1:10-12, Hosea 6:3, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Luke 11:9-13

the fear: Proverbs 9:10, Job 28:28, Jeremiah 32:40, Jeremiah 32:41

find: Jeremiah 9:24, Jeremiah 24:7, Jeremiah 31:34, Matthew 11:27, Luke 10:22, John 17:3, 1 John 5:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 20:11 - Surely Genesis 26:32 - We have Job 36:3 - fetch Psalms 25:12 - What Psalms 119:34 - Give me Psalms 119:45 - for I seek Proverbs 8:10 - General Isaiah 11:3 - shall make him Isaiah 44:18 - cannot Acts 10:35 - feareth 1 Corinthians 6:7 - there Galatians 4:9 - ye have Ephesians 1:17 - in the knowledge Ephesians 5:17 - understanding 1 Timothy 4:13 - to reading

Cross-References

Genesis 2:9
And [in that garden] the LORD God caused to grow from the ground every tree that is desirable and pleasing to the sight and good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the [experiential] knowledge (recognition) of [the difference between] good and evil.
Genesis 2:11
The first [river] is named Pishon; it flows around the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 2:12
The gold of that land is good; bdellium (a fragrant, valuable resin) and the onyx stone are found there.
Genesis 3:23
therefore the LORD God sent Adam away from the Garden of Eden, to till and cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
Genesis 4:2
And [later] she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept the flocks [of sheep and goats], but Cain cultivated the ground.
Genesis 4:12
"When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast]."
Job 5:10
"He gives rain upon the earth And sends waters upon the fields,
Psalms 104:14
He causes grass to grow for the cattle, And all that the earth produces for cultivation by man, So that he may bring food from the earth—
Psalms 135:7
Who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightning for the rain, Who brings the wind from His storehouses;
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the idols of the nations who can send rain? Or can the heavens [of their own will] give showers? Is it not You, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait and hope [confidently] in You, For You are the one who has made all these things [the heavens and the rain].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord,.... The grace of fear, and the exercise of it: which is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge, and is a treasure itself, Proverbs 1:7. By means of the Gospel the Lord works it in the hearts of his people by his Spirit; and by the same leads them into the riches of his special grace and "goodness", which they are influenced by to "fear", and the Lord for the sake of it: and particularly they are led hereby to the pardoning grace and mercy of God, which is with him, that he may "be feared"; and it is the Gospel which induces and encourages a true filial fear of God, by which men "depart from evil"; for that teaches them to deny all manner of sin, and to live a godly life and conversation: so that through a diligent search after the knowledge of the Gospel, and an attaining it, men come to have a spiritual, experimental, and practical understanding of the fear of God as a grace; and also, as it includes the whole worship of God, by means of Gospel light, they come to understand what sort of worship that is God is to be worshipped with; that it is pure, spiritual, and evangelical, suited to his nature and will: what the ordinances of divine service are; and that these are to be kept as they were delivered, and in the exercise of faith, from a principle of love, and with a view to the glory, of God, without trusting to them or depending on them for salvation. And this is the advantage arising from a diligent search after the doctrine of wisdom, or the Gospel, and a knowledge and understanding of it; and is used as an argument encouraging to it; and another follows;

and find the knowledge of God; such a knowledge of God as is not to be found by the light of nature, in the whole volume of the creatures, and in all the writings of the philosophers; no, nor in the law of Moses; for though much of God and his perfections may be seen and known by the things that are made, and much of the will of God by the law he gave; yet by neither of these is the knowledge of God in Christ, which is "life eternal". This only is to be found in the Gospel, and by means of it; here only it is brought to light; and through this men not only find it, but increase more and more in it: herein is a glorious display of his persons and perfections, of his counsels and purposes, of his covenant and promises, of his mind and will, with respect to doctrine and worship; and of the way of peace, life, and salvation, by Jesus Christ; which must serve greatly to engage and excite persons to a diligent search and pursuit after it. And all that is here said is designed to encourage a diligent search after divine things; for, as the poet n says, there is nothing so difficult but by searching may be found out.

n Terent. Heautont. Act. 4. Sc. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The promise. The highest blessedness is to know God John 17:3. If any distinction between “the Lord” יהוה yehovâh and “God” אלהים 'elohı̂ym can be pressed here, it is that in the former the personality, in the latter the glory, of the divine nature is prominent.


 
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