English Standard Version
Proverbs 2:10
10for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
- New Living Translation (NLT)For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill you with joy.
Context of Proverbs 2:10
8guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. 9Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; 11discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, 12delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,
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 18:1Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.
- Proverbs 24:13My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
- Job 23:12I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
- Psalms 19:10More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
- Psalms 104:34May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
- Psalms 119:97Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
- Jeremiah 15:16Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.
- Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
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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