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Proverbs 2:6

The Lord is the source of wisdom; knowledge and understanding come from his mouth.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gifts from God;   Personification;   Righteousness;   Wisdom;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Promises, Divine;   Understanding;   Wisdom;   Wisdom-Folly;   The Topic Concordance - Defense;   Giving and Gifts;   God;   Knowledge;   Preservation;   Righteousness;   Saints;   Understanding;   Uprightness;   Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gifts of God, the;   Justice;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wisdom;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Marriage;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Wisdom and Wise Men;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Old Testament (Ii. Christ as Student and Interpreter of).;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sheba, Queen of;   Wisdom;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for September 29;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For the Lord gives wisdom;from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Hebrew Names Version
For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
King James Version
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
English Standard Version
For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
New Century Version
Only the Lord gives wisdom; he gives knowledge and understanding.
New English Translation
For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Amplified Bible
For the LORD gives [skillful and godly] wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
New American Standard Bible
For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
World English Bible
For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For the Lorde giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.
Legacy Standard Bible
For Yahweh gives wisdom;From His mouth come knowledge and discernment.
Berean Standard Bible
For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Contemporary English Version
All wisdom comes from the Lord , and so do common sense and understanding.
Complete Jewish Bible
For Adonai gives wisdom; from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Darby Translation
For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
George Lamsa Translation
For it is the LORD who gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Good News Translation
It is the Lord who gives wisdom; from him come knowledge and understanding.
Lexham English Bible
For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Literal Translation
For Jehovah gives wisdom; out of His mouth are knowledge and understanding.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For it is the LORDE that geueth wy?dome, out of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnderstondinge.
American Standard Version
For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:
Bible in Basic English
For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the LORD giveth wisdom, out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment;
King James Version (1611)
For the Lord giueth wisedome: out of his mouth commeth knowledge, and vnderstanding.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence come knowledge and understanding,
English Revised Version
For the LORD giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For the Lord yyueth wisdom; and prudence and kunnyng is of his mouth.
Update Bible Version
For Yahweh gives wisdom; Out of his mouth [comes] knowledge and understanding:
Webster's Bible Translation
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.
New King James Version
For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
New Living Translation
For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
New Life Bible
For the Lord gives wisdom. Much learning and understanding come from His mouth.
New Revised Standard
For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge.
Revised Standard Version
For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
Young's Literal Translation
For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.
THE MESSAGE
And here's why: God gives out Wisdom free, is plainspoken in Knowledge and Understanding. He's a rich mine of Common Sense for those who live well, a personal bodyguard to the candid and sincere. He keeps his eye on all who live honestly, and pays special attention to his loyally committed ones.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Contextual Overview

1 My son, pay attention to what I say. Remember my commands. 2 Listen to wisdom, and do your best to understand. 3 Ask for good judgment. Cry out for understanding. 4 Look for wisdom like silver. Search for it like hidden treasure. 5 If you do this, you will understand what it means to respect the Lord , and you will come to know God. 6 The Lord is the source of wisdom; knowledge and understanding come from his mouth. 7 He gives good advice to honest people and shields those who do what is right. 8 He makes sure that people are treated fairly. He watches over his loyal followers. 9 If you listen to him, you will understand what is just and fair and how to do what is right.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord: Exodus 31:3, 1 Kings 3:9, 1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 4:29, 1 Chronicles 22:12, Job 32:8, Isaiah 54:13, Daniel 1:17, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 2:23, Luke 21:15, John 6:45, Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 1:18, James 1:5, James 1:17

out: Proverbs 6:23, Proverbs 8:5-9, Psalms 19:7, Psalms 119:98, Psalms 119:104, Isaiah 8:20

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:3 - wise hearted Exodus 31:6 - wise hearted 1 Kings 10:24 - which God 2 Chronicles 9:23 - God 2 Chronicles 30:22 - the good Ezra 7:25 - the wisdom Ezra 8:16 - men of understanding Job 12:13 - wisdom Job 28:20 - General Job 28:23 - General Job 38:36 - Who hath put Psalms 19:8 - enlightening Psalms 27:11 - Teach Psalms 94:10 - teacheth man Psalms 119:34 - Give me Proverbs 8:6 - for Proverbs 8:14 - sound Mark 15:12 - whom John 5:19 - and Acts 7:10 - gave 1 Corinthians 1:30 - wisdom 1 Corinthians 4:7 - and what 1 Corinthians 12:8 - is given Colossians 3:16 - all James 3:17 - the wisdom 2 Peter 3:15 - according

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the Lord giveth wisdom,.... Natural wisdom in all its branches, with all its improvements, and in its utmost latitude and perfection; and spiritual wisdom, which lies in the knowledge of a man's self, his own folly, impurity, impotence, and misery; being wise unto salvation; in the knowledge of Christ, as the only way of salvation, and of God in Christ; in partaking of the true grace, which is wisdom in the hidden part; in being acquainted experimentally with the doctrines of the Gospel; and in walking wisely and circumspectly, and as becomes it, which is practical wisdom: and all this is the gift of God; as is also Christ, who is wisdom, and is given to be wisdom to his people. He is the gift of God to them, in all characters he bears, and relations he stands in; he is a very large comprehensive gift, an unspeakable one; which is given freely and liberally, and is never taken away again. Now this is said, partly to caution such who search after wisdom, and find it, not to attribute it to their diligence and industry, but to the grace of God; and partly as a direction where to go for it; and as an encouragement to hope to have it, since the Lord freely gives it, James 1:5;

out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding; by the prophets of the Old Testament who came with a "Thus saith the Lord", and were the mouth of the Lord to the people; from whence flowed the knowledge of divine things; of the will of God; of the Messiah, his person and offices; of his coming, sufferings, death and salvation by him: and by his Son, by whom he has spoke in these last days, and has declared all his mind; and by whom the doctrines of grace and truth, and the knowledge of them, are come fully and clearly, Hebrews 1:1; and by the Scriptures of truth, both of the Old and of the New Testament, which are the word of God; what are breathed by him and come out of his mouth, and are able to make men wise unto salvation: and by the ministers of the Gospel, who speak in the name of the Lord, and the Lord by them; and by means of whom he imparts much spiritual and evangelical knowledge to the sons of men; the mouth of a Gospel minister, who is the month of God to men, "speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment", Psalms 37:30. This clause is added, to encourage to a search after wisdom in the use of means; namely, by attending on the word, and the ministry of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

People do not gain wisdom by any efforts of their own, but God gives it according to the laws of His own goodness.


 
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