Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 2:9
9Then you will discern what is right and just and fair—every good path.
Proverbs 2:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
- New International Version (NIV)Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—every good path.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.
Context of Proverbs 2:9
7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity. 8He guards the paths of justice, and protects the way of His kedoshim. Then you will discern what is right and just and fair—every good path. 10For wisdom will enter your heart and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. 11Discretion will watch over you —discernment will guard you—
Read all of Proverbs 2Proverbs 2:9 word by word
אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין צֶ֣דֶק וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝מֵישָׁרִ֗ים כָּל־מַעְגַּל־טֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 2:9
- Proverbs 1:2to acquire wisdom and discipline, to understand the words of insight,
- Psalms 25:8Good and upright is Adonai. Therefore He directs sinners in the way.
- Psalms 32:8“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will give counsel—My eye is on you.
- Psalms 119:99I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
- Psalms 143:8Make me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for in You I trust. Show me the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul.
- Isaiah 35:8A highway will be there—a roadway. It will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it. It is for the one who walks the way. Fools will not go astray.
- Isaiah 48:17Thus says Adonai, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am Adonai your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.
- Jeremiah 6:16Thus says Adonai: “Stand in the roads and look. Ask for the ancient paths— where the good way is— and walk in it. Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We won’t walk in it.’
- Matthew 7:13“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many.
- John 14:6Yeshua said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life! No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Commentaries on Proverbs 2:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Then shalt thou understand - He who is taught of God understands the whole law of justice, mercy, righteousness, and truth; God has written this on his heart. He who understands these things by books only is never likely to practice or profit by them.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. 99. Then--emphatic, in such a case. righteousness ... path--all parts of duty to God and man.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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