Proverbs 2:9
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
8 to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
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.
11 Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
- KJV
- Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
- WEB
- Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
- ASV
- Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, [yea], every good path.
- DARBY
- Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path.
- BLB
- Then you will understand righteousness and justice and uprightness, every good path.
- ÅB
- Da skal du forstå rettferdighet og rett og rettvishet, ja enhver god vei.
- OTB
- Da vil du forstå hva som er rett og rettferdig og rettskaffent—hver god sti.
- B1930
- Da skal du forstå rettferdighet og rett og rettvishet, ja enhver god vei.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 6:16
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
Read in contextMatthew 7:13–14
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Read in contextIsaiah 48:17
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
Read in contextPsalms 143:8–10
Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
Read in contextProverbs 1:2–6
for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,
Read in contextJohn 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Read in contextPsalms 119:99
I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
Read in contextPsalms 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
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