Proverbs 2:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 23:12 : 12 I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
  • Ps 119:111 : 111 I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.
  • Ps 119:162 : 162 I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes discovery of great wealth.
  • Prov 14:33 : 33 Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.
  • Prov 18:1-2 : 1 He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense. 2 A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.
  • Prov 24:13-14 : 13 My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste: 14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.
  • Ps 104:34 : 34 Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord.
  • Ps 119:97 : 97 <MEM> O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 2:11
    81%

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

  • Prov 2:9
    81%

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

  • Prov 24:14
    79%

    14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 2:1-6
    6 verses
    78%

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

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

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

    4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

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

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

  • Prov 1:2-6
    5 verses
    78%

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

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

    4 To 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:)

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

  • Prov 3:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

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

    14 For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

  • Prov 18:15
    77%

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

  • Prov 24:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

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

    4 And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.

  • Prov 8:9-12
    4 verses
    76%

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 16:21-24
    4 verses
    76%

    21 The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

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

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

    24 Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

  • Prov 19:8
    76%

    8 He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

  • Prov 22:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

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

    18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

  • Prov 4:7
    76%

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

  • Prov 14:33
    75%

    33 Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Prov 9:10
    75%

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

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

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

    2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 23:12
    74%

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

  • Prov 3:17
    74%

    17 Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

  • Prov 3:4
    73%

    4 So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

  • Prov 8:5
    73%

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

  • Eccl 7:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

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

    12 Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

  • Eccl 1:18
    73%

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

  • Prov 16:16
    73%

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

  • Prov 15:14
    73%

    14 The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • Ps 119:130
    72%

    130 The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.

  • Prov 14:8
    72%

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

  • Eccl 7:25
    72%

    25 I 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 23:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

    16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

  • Prov 3:22
    72%

    22 So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.