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)

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

  • Prov 2:11
    81%

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

  • Prov 2:9
    81%

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

  • Prov 24:14
    79%

    14So 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%

    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;

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

    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 1:2-6
    5 verses
    78%

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

    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.

  • Prov 3:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

  • Prov 18:15
    77%

    15The 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%

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

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

  • 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 16:21-24
    4 verses
    76%

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

    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.

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

  • Prov 19:8
    76%

    8He 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%

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

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

  • Prov 4:7
    76%

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

  • Prov 14:33
    75%

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

  • Prov 9:10
    75%

    10The 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%

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

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

  • Prov 23:12
    74%

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

  • Prov 3:17
    74%

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

  • Prov 3:4
    73%

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

  • Prov 8:5
    73%

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

  • Eccl 7:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

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

    12Wisdom 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%

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

  • 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.

  • Prov 15:14
    73%

    14The 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%

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

  • Prov 14:8
    72%

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

  • Eccl 7:25
    72%

    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 23:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • Prov 3:22
    72%

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