Proverbs 1:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:5-6 : 5 I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage. 6 So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.
  • Prov 7:4 : 4 Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9-9 : 9 Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people? 10 Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord. 11 And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes; 12 I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.
  • Prov 4:5-7 : 5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth. 6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe. 7 The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?
  • 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness: 17 So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 1:3-8
    6 verses
    87%

    3To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:

    4To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:

    5(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

    6To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

    7The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

    8My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 2:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    1My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

    2So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

    3Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

  • Prov 1:1
    81%

    1The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

  • Prov 2:5-6
    2 verses
    80%

    5Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

    6For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

  • Prov 9:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

    10The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

  • Prov 2:9-11
    3 verses
    78%

    9Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

    10For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

    11Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

  • Prov 5:1
    78%

    1My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

  • Prov 16:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

    23The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

  • Prov 4:7
    76%

    7The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

  • Prov 3:13
    76%

    13Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

  • Prov 8:9-12
    4 verses
    76%

    9They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

    10Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

    11For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.

    12I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

  • Prov 4:1
    75%

    1Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

  • Prov 18:15
    75%

    15The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

  • Eccl 1:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

    18Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.

  • Prov 8:1
    74%

    1Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding?

  • Job 28:28
    74%

    28And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

    5Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

  • Job 12:12
    74%

    12Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

  • Prov 8:14
    74%

    14Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

  • Eccl 1:1
    74%

    1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

  • Eccl 7:25
    74%

    25I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

  • Prov 14:8
    73%

    8The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

  • Prov 4:5
    73%

    5Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 16:16
    73%

    16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

  • Job 28:12
    73%

    12But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • Job 28:20
    73%

    20From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • Prov 23:12
    73%

    12Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Job 34:2
    72%

    2Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;

  • 2 Chr 1:10
    72%

    10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?

  • Prov 24:3
    72%

    3The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:

  • Job 34:16
    72%

    16If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Ps 111:10
    72%

    10The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

  • Prov 22:17
    72%

    17Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

  • Eccl 7:11
    72%

    11Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.