Proverbs 2:11
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, 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
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Read in contextEphesians 5:15
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Read in contextPsalms 25:21
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 10:10
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Read in contextPsalms 119:9–11
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Read in contextProverbs 6:22–24
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:15–18
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Read in context