Proverbs 2:7

American Standard Version (1901)

He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [He is] a shield to them that walk in integrity;

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  • Prov 30:5 : 5 Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
  • Ps 144:2 : 2 My lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
  • Prov 28:18 : 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in [his] ways shall fall at once.
  • 1 Cor 1:19 : 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.
  • Col 2:3 : 3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
  • Jas 3:15-17 : 15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
  • 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 Every scripture inspired of God [is] also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness. 17 That the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
  • 1 Cor 2:6-7 : 6 We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought: 7 but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, [even] the [wisdom] that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:
  • 1 Cor 3:18-19 : 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
  • Prov 8:14 : 14 Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.
  • 1 Cor 1:24 : 24 but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
  • Job 28:8 : 8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    8That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.

    9Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, [yea], every good path.

    10For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

    11Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

  • Prov 2:6
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    6For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding:

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • 2 Sam 22:31
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    31As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

  • Ps 7:10
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    10My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

  • Eccl 7:11-12
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    11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

    12For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice.

  • Ps 84:11
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    11For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

  • Isa 26:7
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    7The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • Ps 18:30
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    30As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

  • Prov 1:3-5
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    3To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;

    4To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:

    5That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

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    4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [He is] gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

  • Prov 8:9
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    9They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.

  • Ps 15:2
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    2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart;

  • Prov 14:2
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    2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

  • Ps 5:12
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    12For thou wilt bless the righteous; O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield.

  • Ps 37:16-18
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    16Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.

    18Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; And their inheritance shall be for ever.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 30:5
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    5Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.

  • Prov 8:14
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    14Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

  • Isa 33:6
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    6And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah is thy treasure.

  • Ps 11:7
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    7For Jehovah is righteous; He loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.

  • Prov 16:20
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    20He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

  • Prov 22:12
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    12The eyes of Jehovah preserve [him that hath] knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

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    21He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

  • Job 12:13
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    13With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • Ps 92:15
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    15To show that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

  • Prov 18:10
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    10The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

  • Prov 20:7
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    7A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him.

  • Job 36:7
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    7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

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    13Righteousness shall go before him, And shall make his footsteps a way [to walk in] .

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    31The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

  • Prov 11:6
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    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.