Proverbs 2:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:6 : 6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.
  • Prov 6:22-24 : 22 In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you. 23 For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life. 24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.
  • Eccl 10:10 : 10 If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;
  • Eccl 9:15-18 : 15 Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man. 16 Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing. 17 The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish. 18 Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.
  • Ps 119:9-9 : 9 <BETH> How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word. 10 I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching. 11 I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    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 2:5-10
    6 verses
    81%

    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:

    7 He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

    8 He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.

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

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

  • Prov 3:21-23
    3 verses
    79%

    21 My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

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

    23 Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.

  • Prov 2:12
    79%

    12 Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;

  • Prov 1:2-5
    4 verses
    77%

    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:)

  • Prov 2:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    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;

  • Prov 4:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    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 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 8:12
    75%

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

  • Prov 2:20
    75%

    20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

  • Prov 14:8
    75%

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

  • Prov 6:22
    74%

    22 In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.

  • Prov 3:4
    74%

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

  • Prov 16:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Prov 22:18
    74%

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

  • Prov 16:17
    74%

    17 The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

  • Prov 14:33
    73%

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

  • Prov 24:14
    73%

    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 7:5
    73%

    5 So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

  • Ps 121:7
    73%

    7 The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul.

  • Prov 8:14
    73%

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

  • Prov 3:13
    73%

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

  • Prov 6:24
    73%

    24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

  • Job 12:12
    73%

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

  • Prov 4:13
    73%

    13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

  • Eccl 8:5
    73%

    5 Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

  • Prov 22:12
    73%

    12 The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

  • Prov 14:15
    72%

    15 The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

  • Prov 8:5
    72%

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

  • Prov 18:15
    72%

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

  • Prov 1:33
    72%

    33 But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil.

  • Prov 13:15
    72%

    15 Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

  • Job 28:28
    72%

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

  • Eccl 7:12
    72%

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