New King James Version
Proverbs 2:11
11Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you,
Proverbs 2:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
- New International Version (NIV)Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Wise choices will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe.
Context of Proverbs 2:11
9Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path. 10When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul, Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you, 12To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things, 13From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;
Read all of Proverbs 2Proverbs 2:11 word by word
מְ֭זִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר עָלֶ֗יךָ תְּבוּנָ֥ה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 2:11
- Proverbs 4:6Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; Love her, and she will keep you.
- Proverbs 6:22When you roam, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep you; And when you awake, they will speak with you.
- Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for You.
- Psalms 119:9How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.
- Ecclesiastes 10:10If the ax is dull, And one does not sharpen the edge, Then he must use more strength; But wisdom brings success.
- Ephesians 5:15See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,
Commentaries on Proverbs 2:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Discretion shall preserve thee - מזמה mezimmah . See on Proverbs 1:4; (note). Here the word is taken in a good sense, a good device. The man invents purposes of good; and all his schemes, plans, and devices, have for their object God's glory and the good of man: he deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things he shall stand. Coverdale translates, "Then shall Counsel preserve thee." A very good translation, much better than the present.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. 1-22The father advises his son to seek wisdom. It will protect him from bad people and the risks of unfaithful women. The son should pursue wisdom, knowing it is a gift from God.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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