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Proverbs 8:12
12I, wisdom, live with an honest mind as my friend. I have knowledge and I understand what is right.
Proverbs 8:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
- New International Version (NIV)“I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion.
Context of Proverbs 8:12
10Receive my wise teaching and knowledge as valuable things. They are more valuable than silver or the best gold. 11Wisdom is more valuable than jewels. Nothing that you might ever want is equal to it. I, wisdom, live with an honest mind as my friend. I have knowledge and I understand what is right. 13If you respect the Lord with fear, then you will hate anything that is evil. I hate proud people who boast. I hate people who live evil lives. I hate people who say things to deceive others. 14I tell people how to do wise things that are right. I understand what is right and I am strong.
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אֲֽנִי־חָ֭כְמָה שָׁכַ֣נְתִּי עָרְמָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת מְזִמּ֣וֹת אֶמְצָֽא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 8:12
- Psalms 104:24Lord, you have made very many different things! You were very wise in the way that you have made them all. The earth is full of the living things that you have made.
- Isaiah 55:8The Lord says, ‘Remember! My thoughts are not the same as your thoughts. The way that you do things is not the same as the way that I do things.
- Romans 11:33Yes! God is very great! He has everything! He knows and he understands all things! Nobody can completely understand the things that he decides. Nobody can explain the ways in which he works.
- Ephesians 1:8Even more than that, God has shown how wise he is. He understands what we need.
- Ephesians 3:10But now God wants the people of his church to show everyone how wise he is in every way. He wants the spiritual rulers and everything that has authority in the heavens to know this.
- Colossians 2:3Christ is the one who holds everything that makes people wise. He helps people to know the true message that God had hidden.
- Exodus 31:3I have filled him with my Spirit so that he has special skills. He knows how to make many kinds of things.
- Exodus 35:30Then Moses said to the Israelites, ‘Listen! The Lord has chosen Bezalel, the son of Uri and the grandson of Hur. He belongs to the tribe of Judah.
- Exodus 36:1Then Moses said, ‘Bezalel and Oholiab will do the work that the Lord has commanded us to do. Everyone that the Lord has helped to have special skills will work with them. They will help to build the tabernacle and all the other special things that the Lord has commanded.’
- 1 Kings 7:14Hiram was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali. His father was a worker who knew how to use bronze to make things. He lived in Tyre. Hiram also had special skills. He knew how to use bronze to make many kinds of things. So he came to work for King Solomon. He did all the work that Solomon asked him to do.
- 1 Chronicles 28:12David showed Solomon the ideas that God had put in his mind. He gave him the plans for the yards around the Lord's temple and the rooms around the yards. There were also plans of the rooms to store the valuable things and the gifts that people had offered to God.
- 2 Chronicles 13:14Judah's soldiers turned around. They saw that Jeroboam's soldiers were in front of them and behind them. So they called out to the Lord for help. The priests made a noise with their trumpets.
- Isaiah 28:26God teaches the farmer and he tells him the right thing to do.
Commentaries on Proverbs 8:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12I wisdom dwell with prudence - Prudence is defined, wisdom applied to practice; so wherever true wisdom is, it will lead to action, and its activity will be always in reference to the accomplishment of the best ends by the use of the most appropriate means. Hence comes what is here called knowledge of witty inventions, אמצא מזמות דעת daath mezimmoth emtsa, "I have found out knowledge and contrivance." The farther wisdom proceeds in man, the more practical…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Wisdom first speaks warnings (Proverbs 1:24 note), next promises (Proverbs 2:1 note); but here she neither promises nor threatens, but speaks of her own excellence. “Prudence” is the “subtilty” (see the margin), the wiliness of the serpent Genesis 3:1, in itself neutral, but capable of being turned to good as well as evil. Wisdom, occupied with things heavenly and eternal, also “dwells with” the practical tact and insight needed for the life of common…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 12-21 Wisdom, here is Christ, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; it is Christ in the word, and Christ in the heart; not only Christ revealed to us, but Christ revealed in us. All prudence and skill are from the Lord. Through the redemption of Christ's precious blood, the riches of his grace abound in all wisdom and prudence. Man found out many inventions for ruin; God found one for our recovery. He hates pride and arrogance…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Only those with wisdom can have good judgment, knowledge, and discernment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. prudence--as in Pr 8:5. The connection of "wisdom" and "prudence" is that of the dictates of sound wisdom and its application. find ... inventions--or, "devices," "discreet ways" (Pr 1:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 8
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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