New English Translation
Proverbs 2:10
10For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.
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
8to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones. 9Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity – every good way. For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you. 11Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you, 12to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,
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 18:1One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.
- Proverbs 24:13Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
- Job 23:12I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.
- Psalms 19:10They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.
- Psalms 104:34May my thoughts be pleasing to him! I will rejoice in the Lord.
- Psalms 119:97O how I love your law! All day long I meditate on it.
- Jeremiah 15:16As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you.
- Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace 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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