Proverbs 2:11

Proverbs 2:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
• New International Version (NIV)Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you,

Context of Proverbs 2:11

9Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path. 10When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul, discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee: 12To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13[from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Proverbs 2:11 word by word

מְ֭זִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר עָלֶ֗יךָ תְּבוּנָ֥ה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃Read the interlinear

• discretionמְזִמָּהmezimmâh · plotH4209
• keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• understandingתְּבוּנָהtâbûn tebûnâh tôbûnâh · understandingH8394
• preserveנָצַרnâtsar · to watchH5341

Cross-references for Proverbs 2:11

• Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
• Proverbs 6:22when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
• Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
• Psalms 119:9BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word.
• Ecclesiastes 9:15and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.
• Ecclesiastes 10:10If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he apply more strength; but wisdom is profitable to give success.
• Ephesians 5:15See therefore how ye walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise,

Commentaries on Proverbs 2:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Discretion shall preserve thee - מזמה mezimmah . See on Proverbs 1:4; (note). Here the word is taken in a good sense, a good device. The man invents purposes of good; and all his schemes, plans, and devices, have for their object God's glory and the good of man: he deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things he shall stand. Coverdale translates, "Then shall Counsel preserve thee." A very good translation, much better than the present.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices. When wisdom has dominion over us, then it not only fills the head, but enters into the heart, and will preserve, both against corruptions within and temptations without. The ways of sin are ways of darkness, uncomfortable and unsafe: what fools are those who leave the plain, pleasant, lightsome paths of uprightness, to walk in such ways! They take pleasure…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22The 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.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1110-11. Idea of Pr 2:9, amplified; on terms, compare Pr 2:2 and Pr 2:4.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 2:11

• Chastity
• Company
• Righteous
• Righteousness
• Temptation
• Wisdom
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Hezekiah (2)
• Proverbs, the Book of

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