Verse 11

Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:6 : 6 Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; love her, and she will protect you.
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 May integrity and uprightness protect me, because I wait for you.
  • Prov 6:22-24 : 22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you wake, they will speak to you. 23 For the commandment is a lamp, the teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life. 24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
  • Eccl 10:10 : 10 If the iron axe is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but wisdom brings success.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Be very careful, then, how you walk—not as unwise but as wise.
  • Eccl 9:15-18 : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man. 16 So I said, 'Wisdom is better than strength.' But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded. 17 The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
  • Ps 119:9-9 : 9 How can a young person keep their way pure? By living according to Your word. 10 With all my heart I seek You; do not let me stray from Your commandments. 11 I have hidden Your word in my heart so that I might not sin against You.