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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gain knowledge of God.

Context of Proverbs 2:5

3indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, 4and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. 6For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. 7He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,

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 1:10Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?”
• Hosea 6:3Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”
• Matthew 7:7“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
• Luke 11:9“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
• Proverbs 9:10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
• Job 28:28And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”
• Jeremiah 32:40I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.
• Jeremiah 9:24but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 24:7I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.
• Jeremiah 31:34No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
• Matthew 11:27“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
• Luke 10:22“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
• John 17:3Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
• 1 John 5:20We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He 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