Proverbs 2:5

Proverbs 2:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
• New International Version (NIV)then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And find the knowledge of God.

Context of Proverbs 2:5

3indeed, if you call out for discernment – raise your voice for understanding – 4if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure, then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God. 6For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. 7He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,

Proverbs 2:5 word by word

אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת אֱלֹהִ֣ים תִּמְצָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then shalt thou understandבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• the fearיִרְאָהyir'âh · fearH3374
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• the knowledgeדַּ֫עַתda‛ath · knowledgeH1847
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Proverbs 2:5

• 2 Chronicles 1:10Now give me wisdom and discernment so I can effectively lead this nation. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”
• Hosea 6:3So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”
• Matthew 7:7“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.
• Luke 11:9“So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.
• Proverbs 9:10The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.
• Job 28:28And he said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
• Jeremiah 32:40I will make a lasting covenant with them that I will never stop doing good to them. I will fill their hearts and minds with respect for me so that they will never again turn away from me.
• Jeremiah 9:24If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the Lord, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth and that I desire people to do these things,” says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 24:7I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I am the Lord. I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly return to me.’
• Jeremiah 31:34“People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” says the Lord. “For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done.”
• Matthew 11:27All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.
• Luke 10:22All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”
• John 17:3Now this is eternal life – that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
• 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.

Commentaries on Proverbs 2:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The promise. The highest blessedness is to know God John 17:3. If any distinction between “the Lord” יהוה yehovâh and “God” אלהים 'elohı̂ym can be pressed here, it is that in the former the personality, in the latter the glory, of the divine nature is prominent.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The search for true wisdom leads to God. You cannot have wisdom without the fear of the Lord (having a great reverence, honor, and respect for God) (Proverbs 1:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221-5. Diligence in hearing and praying for instruction must be used to secure the great principle of godliness, the fear of God. hide ... with thee--lay up in store (compare Pr 7:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 2:5

• Desire
• Fear of God
• Hunger
• Integrity
• Personification
• Prayer
• Righteousness
• Seekers
• Wisdom
• Young Men

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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