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Proverbs 2:5

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3 if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

4 if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

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BSB
then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
KJV
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
WEB
then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
ASV
Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.
DARBY
then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
BLB
then you will understand the fear of YHWH, and the knowledge of God you will find.
ÅB
da skal du forstå Herrens frykt og finne kunnskap om Gud.
OTB
Da vil du forstå hva det betyr å frykte Herren og finne kunnskapen om Gud.
B1930
da skal du forstå Herrens frykt og finne kunnskap om Gud.

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  • Proverbs 1:7

    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

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  • Jeremiah 24:7

    I 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.

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  • Luke 10:22

    All things have been entrusted 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.”

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  • 1 John 5:20

    And we know 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—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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  • Luke 11:9–13

    So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

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  • Jeremiah 32:40–41

    I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

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  • 2 Chronicles 1:10–12

    Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

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  • Jeremiah 9:24

    But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

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