Proverbs 2:11
9 Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
13 from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
- KJV
- Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
- WEB
- Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
- ASV
- Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:
- DARBY
- discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:
- BLB
- Discretion will guard over you; understanding will guard you,
- ÅB
- ettertanke skal holde vakt over deg, forstand skal verne deg,
- OTB
- Klokskap vil beskytte deg, og forståelse vil våke over deg.
- B1930
- eftertanke skal holde vakt over dig, forstand skal verne dig,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 4:6
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
Read in contextEphesians 5:15
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
Read in contextPsalms 25:21
May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 10:10
If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
Read in contextPsalms 119:9–11
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
Read in contextProverbs 6:22–24
When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:15–18
Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
Read in context