Proverbs 2 · Verse 10

Proverbs 2:10

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Proverbs 2:10, King James Version

Proverbs 2:10 in other translations

BSBFor wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
WEBFor wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
ASVFor wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
YLTFor wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,
DARBYWhen wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,
BBEFor wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;
WebsterWhen wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul;

What does Proverbs 2:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 2:10-11
10-11. Idea of Pr 2:9, amplified; on terms, compare Pr 2:2 and Pr 2:4.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 2:10-22
If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices. When wisdom has dominion over us, then it not only fills the head, but enters into the heart, and will preserve, both against corruptions within and temptations without. The ways of sin are ways of darkness, uncomfortable and unsafe: what fools are those who leave the plain, pleasant, lightsome paths of uprightness, to walk in such ways! They take pleasure in sin; both in committing it, and in seeing others commit it. Every wise man will shun such company. True wisdom will also preserve from those who lead to fleshly lusts, which defile the body, that living temple, and war against the soul. These are evils which excite the sorrow of every serious mind, and cause every reflecting parent to look upon his children with anxiety, lest they should be entangled in such fatal snares. Let the sufferings of others be our warnings. Our Lord Jesus deters from sinful pleasures, by the everlasting torments which follow them. It is very rare that any who are caught in this snare of the devil, recover themselves; so much is the heart hardened, and the mind blinded, by the deceitfulness of this sin. Many think that this caution, besides the literal sense, is to be understood as a caution against idolatry, and subjecting the soul to the body, by seeking any forbidden object. The righteous must leave the earth as well as the wicked; but the earth is a very different thing to them. To the wicked it is all the heaven they ever shall have; to the righteous it is the place of preparation for heaven. And is it all one to us, whether we share with the wicked in the miseries of their latter end, or share those everlasting joys that shall crown believers?

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 2:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
תָב֣וֹאta.Vo'it will comeH935
חָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahwisdomH2451
בְלִבֶּ֑ךָve.li.Be.khain heart yourH3820
וְ֝דַ֗עַתve.Da.'atand knowledgeH1847
לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥le.naf.she.Khato self yourH5315
יִנְעָֽם\׃yin.'Amit will be pleasantH5276

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 2:10

  • Jeremiah 15:16

    Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

  • Colossians 3:16

    Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

  • Job 23:12

    Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

  • Proverbs 24:13-14

    My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

  • Psalms 104:34

    My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.

  • Psalms 19:10

    More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

  • Proverbs 18:1-2

    Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  • Psalms 119:162

    I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

  • Psalms 119:111

    Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

  • Proverbs 14:33

    Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Psalms 119:97

    מ MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

  • Psalms 119:103

    How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
18:1,2; 24:13,14; Job 23:12; Ps 19:10; 104:34; 119:97,103,111,162
Jer 15:16; Col 3:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 2:9

    Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

  • Proverbs 2:10

    When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

  • Proverbs 2:11

    Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

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Proverbs 2:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cuando la sabiduría entrare en tu corazón, y la ciencia fuere dulce á tu alma,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Si la sagesse entre dans ton cœur et si la connaissance est agréable à ton âme,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn Weisheit wird in dein Herz kommen, und Erkenntnis wird deiner Seele lieblich sein;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia animæ tuæ placuerit,