Proverbs 2:5
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:5 in other translations
| BSB | then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest. |
| DARBY | then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God. |
| BBE | Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours. |
| Webster | Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. |
What does Proverbs 2:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 2:1-5
Pr 2:1-22. Men are invited to seek wisdom because it teaches those principles by which they may obtain God's guidance and avoid the society and influence of the wicked, whose pernicious courses are described. 1-5. Diligence in hearing and praying for instruction must be used to secure the great principle of godliness, the fear of God. hide ... with thee--lay up in store (compare Pr 7:1).
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 2:1-9
Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom, will never complain that they have lost their labour; and the freeness of the gift does not do away the necessity of our diligence, Joh 6:27 Let them seek, and they shall find it; let them ask, and it shall be given them. Observe who are thus favoured. They are the righteous, on whom the image of God is renewed, which consists in righteousness. If we depend upon God, and…
Proverbs 2:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 2:5
- Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Jeremiah 24:7
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
- Luke 10:22
All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
- 1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
- Luke 11:9-13
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? …
- Jeremiah 32:40-41
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
- 2 Chronicles 1:10-12
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
- Jeremiah 9:24
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
- Matthew 11:27
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
- Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
- Jeremiah 31:34
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
- Matthew 7:7-8
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 2:4
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
- Proverbs 2:5
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
- Proverbs 2:6
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces entenderás el temor de Jehová, y hallarás el conocimiento de Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | alors tu comprendras la crainte de l’ Éternel et tu trouveras la connaissance de Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | dann wirst du die Furcht Jehovas verstehen und die Erkenntnis Gottes finden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | tunc intelliges timorem Domini, et scientiam Dei invenies, |