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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 3:13
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Happy is a man who finds wisdomand who acquires understanding,
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,
Happy is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gets understanding.
Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.
Happy [blessed, considered fortunate, to be admired] is the man who finds [skillful and godly] wisdom, And the man who gains understanding and insight [learning from God's word and life's experiences],
Blessed is a person who finds wisdom, And one who obtains understanding.
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding.
Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
How blessed is the man who finds wisdomAnd the man who obtains discernment.
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
God blesses everyone who has wisdom and common sense.
Happy the person who finds wisdom, the person who acquires understanding;
Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Those who find wisdom are fortunate; they will be blessed when they gain understanding.
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, and the son of the man who finds understanding.
Happy is anyone who becomes wise—who comes to have understanding.
Happy is the one who finds wisdom, and one who obtains understanding.
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.
Well is him that fyndeth wy?dome, & opteyneth vnderstondinge,
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.
Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that obtaineth understanding.
Happy is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng:
Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Blessid is the man that fyndith wisdom, and which flowith with prudence.
Happy is [the] man that finds wisdom, And [the] man that gets understanding.
Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding;
Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding.
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.
Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding,
How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding,
Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and is rich in prudence:
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding,
O the happiness of a man [who] hath found wisdom, And of a man [who] bringeth forth understanding.
How blessed is the man who finds wisdom And the man who gains understanding.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
is the: Proverbs 4:5-9, Proverbs 8:32-35, 1 Kings 10:1-9, 1 Kings 10:23, 1 Kings 10:24, Ecclesiastes 9:15-18
getteth: Heb. draweth out, Proverbs 2:4, Proverbs 18:1
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 30:13 - go over the sea 1 Kings 3:9 - Give therefore 1 Kings 10:8 - happy are these 1 Kings 10:10 - and precious 2 Chronicles 1:10 - Give me Job 22:2 - as he that Job 28:15 - It cannot be gotten for gold Psalms 19:10 - than gold Psalms 90:12 - that Psalms 119:127 - I love Proverbs 8:10 - General Proverbs 8:35 - whoso Proverbs 24:14 - when Ecclesiastes 2:26 - wisdom Matthew 13:45 - like Romans 12:2 - good 1 Timothy 6:6 - godliness 1 Peter 1:7 - precious
Cross-References
The serpent told the Woman, "You won't die. God knows that the moment you eat from that tree, you'll see what's really going on. You'll be just like God, knowing everything, ranging all the way from good to evil."
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
God called to the Man: "Where are you?"
He said, "I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked. And I hid."
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"
Joseph accused them: "How can you have done this? You have to know that a man in my position would have discovered this."
Samuel said, "What on earth are you doing?" Saul answered, "When I saw I was losing my army from under me, and that you hadn't come when you said you would, and that the Philistines were poised at Micmash, I said, ‘The Philistines are about to come down on me in Gilgal, and I haven't yet come before God asking for his help.' So I took things into my own hands, and sacrificed the burnt offering."
Joab went straight to the king: "What's this you've done? Abner shows up, and you let him walk away scot-free? You know Abner son of Ner better than that. This was no friendly visit. He was here to spy on you, figure out your comings and goings, find out what you're up to."
Pilate said, "Do I look like a Jew? Your people and your high priests turned you over to me. What did you do?"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom,.... Some connect these words with the preceding; as if the sense was, a good man, though he is chastened by the Lord, yet is a happy man; not only because his chastenings are in love and for good, but because he improves in spiritual knowledge and understanding by them; see Psalms 94:12. Aben Ezra connects them with the former, but in a different manner, thus; "happy is the man that findeth wisdom", for by it he keeps from sinning, that chastisements may not come upon him. But rather the argument in praise of wisdom, and the advantages of it, insisted on in the preceding chapter, is resumed here and enlarged upon; and by wisdom is meant Christ, and a saving knowledge of him by means of his Gospel; and "finding" him supposes seeking him; which does not arise from nature, but the grace of God, and follows upon the sight of the need and worth of Christ; and is done in the use of means, as reading, praying, and attendance on the word and ordinances: and finding him is no other than an enjoyment of him by faith; which is a seeing him, a taking hold on him, and possessing him; who is to be found in the covenant of grace, being the Mediator, surety, and messenger of it; in the Gospel, which is full of him; in the promises of it, which hold him forth, and the blessings of his grace; in the ordinances, which direct unto him, and where he shows himself: for he is not to be found by the light of nature, nor by carnal reason, nor by the law of Moses; but by means of the Gospel, attended with the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; and a happy finding this, which fills the possessor with inexpressible joy! see John 1:41;
and the man [that] getteth understanding; Christ, and a spiritual understanding of him: this is not a proper acquisition of a man's own; an interest in Christ is not gotten by anything of man's; not by his good works, which are the fruits of grace; nor by faith and repentance, which are gifts of grace themselves; but it is given unto a man: and "getting" here signifies, as before, possession and enjoyment of Christ, as God's pure gift; as a man that is said to obtain the favour of God, when he enjoys it, and the effects of it, in consequence of finding Christ, Proverbs 8:35; where the same word is used as here. The word signifies to "draw out" t; as metals are drawn out of the earth by searching and digging for, or as water out of a well; thus Christ, and the knowledge of him, are drawn out of the mines and fountains of the Scriptures, by such that seek after him aright. Aben Ezra interprets it, that draws or brings it out from another, and learns it; the true believer in Christ hears and learns of the Father, and so comes to Christ, and enjoys him, John 6:45. The Targum is,
"who causes understanding to spring up;''
as water out of a well or fountain; out of his heart, as Gersom; or, as Jarchi, who has learned wisdom, that it is ready to break out, at his mouth; out of the abundance of it in his heart, his mouth speaketh; as such that know Christ cannot but speak to others of the things they have heard and seen, Matthew 12:34.
t יפיק "educet", Montanus; "eruit", Tigurine version, Vatablus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The first beatitude of the Proverbs introduces a new lesson. “Getteth understanding,” literally as in the margin, probably in the sense of “drawing forth from God’s store, from the experience of life” (as in Proverbs 8:35; Proverbs 18:22). The preciousness of wisdom is dwelt on here, not the use to be made of it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 3:13. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom — This refers to the advice given in Proverbs 2:4; where see the note. Proverbs 2:4.
