Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 2:5
5then you will understand the fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
- New International Version (NIV)then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And find the knowledge of God.
Context of Proverbs 2:5
3furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, 4if you seek it like silver and search for it like hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge of God. 6For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. 7He stores up success for the upright; He is a shield for those who live with integrity
Read all of Proverbs 2Proverbs 2:5 word by word
אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת אֱלֹהִ֣ים תִּמְצָֽא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 2:5
- 2 Chronicles 1:10Now grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people, for who can judge this great people of yours?”
- Hosea 6:3Let’s strive to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.
- Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Luke 11:9“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Proverbs 9:10“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
- Job 28:28He said to mankind, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom. And to turn from evil is understanding.”
- Jeremiah 32:40“I will make a permanent covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put fear of me in their hearts so they will never again turn away from me.
- Jeremiah 9:24But the one who boasts should boast in this: that he understands and knows me — that I am the Lord, showing faithful love, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for I delight in these things. This is the Lord’s declaration.
- Jeremiah 24:7I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God because they will return to me with all their heart.
- Jeremiah 31:34No longer will one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know me, from the least to the greatest of them” — this is the Lord’s declaration. “For I will forgive their iniquity and never again remember their sin.
- Matthew 11:27All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
- Luke 10:22All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son desires to reveal him.”
- John 17:3This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent — Jesus Christ.
- 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true one. We are in the true one — that is, in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Commentaries on Proverbs 2:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The 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.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The search for true wisdom leads to God. You cannot have wisdom without the fear of the Lord (having a great reverence, honor, and respect for God) (Proverbs 1:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221-5. Diligence in hearing and praying for instruction must be used to secure the great principle of godliness, the fear of God. hide ... with thee--lay up in store (compare Pr 7:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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