Proverbs 1:2

Coverdale Bible (1535)

to lerne wy?dome nurtoure, vnderstondinge, prudence,

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:5-6 : 5 Beholde I haue taughte you ordinauces and lawes, soch as the LORDE my God commaunded me, that ye shulde do eue so in the londe, into ye which ye shal come, to possesse it. 6 Kepe them now therfore and do them: for that is youre wysdome and vnderstondinge in the sight of all nacions, which wha they haue herde all these ordinaunces, shall saye: O what a wyse and vnderstondinge folke is this? and how excellent a people?
  • Prov 7:4 : 4 Saye vnto wysdome: thou art my sister, and call vnderstondinge thy kynswoman:
  • Prov 8:5 : 5 Take hede vnto knowlege o ye ignoraut, be wyse in herte o ye fooles.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9-9 : 9 Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert, that he maye iudge thy people, & vnderstonde what is good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people? 10 This pleased the LORDE well, that Salomon axed soch a peticion. 11 And God sayde vnto him: For so moch as thou axest this, and desyrest not longe lyfe, nether riches, nether ye soules of thine enemies, but vnderstodinge to heare iudgment, 12 beholde, therfore haue I done acordynge to thy wordes. Beholde, I haue geuen the an hert of wy?dome and vnderstondynge, so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the, nether shall ryse vp after the.
  • Prov 4:5-7 : 5 Get the wy?dome, get the vnderstondinge, forget not ye wordes of my mouth, & shreke not from them. 6 Forsake her not, and she shal preserue the: loue her, and she shal kepe the. 7 The chefe poynte of wy?dome is, that thou be wyllynge to opteyne wy?dome, and before all thy goodes to get the vnderstondynge.
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?
  • 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And for so moch as thou hast knowne holy scripture of a childe, the same is able to make ye wyse vnto saluacion thorow the faith in Christ Iesu. 16 For all scripture geue by inspiracion of God, is profitable to teach, to improue, to amende, and to instructe in righteousnes, 17 that a man off God maye be perfecte, and prepared vnto all good workes.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 To haue wy?dome in possession is better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge, is more worth then syluer.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:3-8
    6 verses
    87%

    3rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite.

    4That the very babes might haue wyt, and that yonge men might haue knowlege and vnderstondinge.

    5By hearinge, the wyse ma shal come by more wysdome: and by experience,

    6he shal be more apte to vnderstonde a parable, and the interpretacion therof: the wordes of the wyse, and the darcke speaches of the same.

    7The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome and nurtoure.

    8My sonne, heare thy fathers doctryne, and forsake not the lawe of yi mother:

  • Prov 2:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    1My sonne, yf thou wilt receaue my wordes, and kepe my comaundemetes by the,

    2that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome, applie thine herte then to vnderstodinge.

    3For yf thou criest after wy?dome, & callest for knowlege:

  • Prov 1:1
    81%

    1These are the prouerbes of Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel:

  • Prov 2:5-6
    2 verses
    80%

    5The shalt thou vnderstonde ye feare of the LORDE, and fynde ye knowlege of God.

    6For it is the LORDE that geueth wy?dome, out of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnderstondinge.

  • Prov 9:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wyser: teach a rightuous man, and he wil increase.

    10The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome, & the knowlege of holy thinges is vnderstondinge.

  • Prov 2:9-11
    3 verses
    78%

    9Then shalt thou vnderstonde rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite, yee and euery good path.

    10Yf wy?dome entre in to thine herte, and yi soule delyte in knowlege:

    11then shal councell preserue the, and vnderstondinge shal kepe the.

  • Prov 5:1
    78%

    1My sonne, geue hede vnto my wysdome, & bowe thine eare vnto my prudece:

  • Prov 16:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him yt hath it, as for ye chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolishnesse.

    23The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth ye doctryne in his lyppes.

  • Prov 4:7
    76%

    7The chefe poynte of wy?dome is, that thou be wyllynge to opteyne wy?dome, and before all thy goodes to get the vnderstondynge.

  • Prov 3:13
    76%

    13Well is him that fyndeth wy?dome, & opteyneth vnderstondinge,

  • Prov 8:9-12
    4 verses
    76%

    9They are all playne to soch as wil vnderstode, & right to the that fynde knowlege.

    10Receaue my doctryne therfore and not syluer, & knowlege more then fyne golde.

    11For wysdome is more worth then precious stones, yee all the thinges that thou cast desyre, are not to be compared vnto it.

    12I wysdome haue my dwellynge wt knowlege, and prudent councell is myne owne.

  • Prov 4:1
    75%

    1Heare (O ye children) the fatherly exortacio, & take good hede, that ye maye lerne wy?dome.

  • Prov 18:15
    75%

    15A wyse herte laboureth for knowlege, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondinge.

  • Eccl 1:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17for there vnto I applyed my mynde: yt I might knowe what were wy?dome & vnderstodinge, what were error & foolishnes. And I perceaued yt this also was but a vexacion of mynde:

    18for where moch wy?dome is, there is also greate trauayle & disquietnes: & ye more knowlege a man hath, the more is his care.

  • Prov 8:1
    74%

    1Doth not wysdome crie? doth not vnderstondinge put forth hir voyce?

  • Job 28:28
    74%

    28And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the LORDE, is wy?dome: & to forsake euell, is vnderstondinge.

  • Prov 8:5
    74%

    5Take hede vnto knowlege o ye ignoraut, be wyse in herte o ye fooles.

  • Job 12:12
    74%

    12Amonge olde personnes there is wy?dome, and amonge the aged is vnderstodinge.

  • Prov 8:14
    74%

    14I can geue councell, and be a gyde: I haue vnderstondinge, I haue strength.

  • Eccl 1:1
    74%

    1These are the wordes of the Preacher, the sonne of Dauid, kynge of Ierusalem.

  • Eccl 7:25
    74%

    25I applied my mynde also vnto knowlege, and to seke out sciece, wisdome and vnderstondinge: to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the erroure of dotinge fooles.

  • Prov 14:8
    73%

    8The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

  • Prov 4:5
    73%

    5Get the wy?dome, get the vnderstondinge, forget not ye wordes of my mouth, & shreke not from them.

  • Prov 16:16
    73%

    16To haue wy?dome in possession is better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge, is more worth then syluer.

  • Job 28:12
    73%

    12How commeth a man then by wy?dome? Where is the place that men fynde vnderstondinge?

  • Job 28:20
    73%

    20From whece then commeth wy?dome? & where is the place of vnderstondinge?

  • Prov 23:12
    73%

    12Applie thine herte vnto lernynge, and thine eare to the wordes of knowlege.

  • Job 34:2
    72%

    2Heare my wordes (O ye wyse men) herken vnto me, ye yt haue vnderstondinge.

  • 2 Chr 1:10
    72%

    10Graunte me wy?dome therfore and knowlege, yt I maye go out and in before this people: for who is able to iudge this greate people of thine?

  • Prov 24:3
    72%

    3Thorow wy?dome an house shalbe buylded, & wt vnderstondinge it shalbe set vp.

  • Job 34:16
    72%

    16Yf thou now haue vnderstodinge, heare what I saye and herken to the voyce of my wordes.

  • Ps 111:10
    72%

    10The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wy?dome, a good vnderstondinge haue all they that do therafter: the prayse of it endureth for euer.

  • Prov 22:17
    72%

    17My sonne, bowe downe thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wy?dome, applye yi mynde vnto my doctryne:

  • Eccl 7:11
    72%

    11Wy?dome is better then riches, yee moch more worth then the eye sight.