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Proverbs 2:10
10You will become wise in your thoughts. Your knowledge of what is right will make you happy.
Proverbs 2:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
- New International Version (NIV)For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
- New King James Version (NKJV)When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
Context of Proverbs 2:10
8He protects the lives of righteous people. He takes care of people who serve him faithfully. 9So learn from God. Then you will understand what is right, true and fair. You will know the best way to live. You will become wise in your thoughts. Your knowledge of what is right will make you happy. 11You will know the right thing to do, and that will keep you safe. 12You will not join with wicked people. You will keep away from those who speak false things.
Read all of Proverbs 2Proverbs 2:10 word by word
כִּֽי־תָב֣וֹא חָכְמָ֣ה בְלִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝דַ֗עַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥ יִנְעָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 2:10
- Proverbs 18:1People who do not have any friends think only about themselves. They refuse to listen to good advice.
- Proverbs 24:1326. My child, honey is good for you, so eat it. It is sweet on your tongue when you taste it.
- Job 23:12I have been careful to obey his commands. His words are more important to me than my food.
- Psalms 19:10They are more valuable than gold, even the best gold. They are sweeter than the best honey.
- Psalms 104:34I want my song to make him happy. I will be happy, because of what the Lord has done.
- Psalms 119:97I love your Law very much. I think about it all the time.
- Jeremiah 15:16As your words came to me, I took them into me like sweet food. I belong to you, Lord, God Almighty, so your words made me very happy.
- Colossians 3:16Let Christ's message always be in your thoughts, with all the good things that it brings. Use that message to teach and to warn each other. Be very wise as you do that. And also sing all kinds of spiritual songs to praise God. Sing psalms and Christian songs. As you sing, thank God from inside yourselves.
Commentaries on Proverbs 2:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Another picture of the results of living in the fear of the Lord. Not that to which it leads a man, but that from which it saves him, is brought into view. Notice also that it is one thing for wisdom to find entrance into the soul, another to be welcomed as a “pleasant” guest.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. 10Wisdom will enter your heart and become a key part of your life. Instead of sometimes doing wise things, a wise person always makes wise choices. Knowledge brings joy because it helps people live well.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
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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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