Proverbs 2:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

(For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:

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  • Ps 119:169 : 169 Tav. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, and giue me vnderstanding, according vnto thy worde.
  • Eph 1:17-18 : 17 That the God of our Lord Iesus Christ, that Father of glory, might giue vnto you the Spirit of wisedome, and reuelation through the acknowledging of him, 18 That the eyes of your vnderstanding may be lightened, that ye may knowe what the hope is of his calling, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is in the Saints,
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, & reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen him.
  • Prov 3:6 : 6 In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I loue them that loue me: and they that seeke me earely, shall finde me.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9-9 : 9 Giue therefore vnto thy seruant an vnderstanding heart, to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people? 10 And this pleased the Lorde wel, that Salomon had desired this thing. 11 And God sayde vnto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thy selfe long life, neyther hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding to heare iudgement, 12 Beholde, I haue done according to thy wordes: lo, I haue giuen thee a wise and an vnderstanding heart, so that there hath bene none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall arise the like vnto thee.
  • 1 Chr 22:12 : 12 Onely the Lorde giue thee wisedome and vnderstanding, and giue thee charge ouer Israel, euen to keepe the Lawe of the Lord thy God.
  • Ps 25:4-5 : 4 Shew me thy waies, O Lorde, and teache me thy paths. 5 Leade me foorth in thy trueth, and teache me: for thou art the God of my saluation: in thee doe I trust all the day.
  • Ps 119:34 : 34 Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
  • Ps 119:73 : 73 Iod. Thine hands haue made me and facioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.
  • Ps 119:125 : 125 I am thy seruant: graunt mee therefore vnderstanding, that I may knowe thy testimonies.
  • Luke 11:13 : 13 If yee then which are euill, can giue good giftes vnto your children, howe much more shall your heauenly Father giue the holy Ghost to them, that desire him?

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,

    2And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,

  • Prov 2:4-6
    3 verses
    83%

    4If thou seekest her as siluer, & searchest for her as for treasures,

    5Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.

    6For the Lorde giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.

  • Job 34:16
    79%

    16And if thou hast vnderstanding, heare this and hearken to the voyce of my wordes.

  • Prov 8:1
    78%

    1Doeth not wisedome crie? and vnderstanding vtter her voyce?

  • Prov 1:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,

    3To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.

    2That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.

  • Prov 23:12
    75%

    12Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.

  • Prov 18:15
    74%

    15A wise heart getteth knowledge, and the eare of the wise seeketh learning.

  • Prov 1:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

    6To vnderstand a parable, & the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.

  • Job 33:33
    73%

    33If thou hast not, heare me: holde thy tongue, and I will teach thee wisedome.

  • Prov 22:17
    73%

    17Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.

  • Job 34:2
    73%

    2Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.

  • Job 28:12
    73%

    12But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

  • Prov 4:7
    73%

    7Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.

  • Prov 2:9-11
    3 verses
    73%

    9Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.

    10When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and knowledge deliteth thy soule,

    11Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,

  • Prov 3:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.

    14For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.

  • Prov 1:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20Wisdome cryeth without: she vttereth her voyce in the streetes.

    21She calleth in the hye streete, among the prease in the entrings of the gates, and vttereth her wordes in the citie, saying,

  • Job 8:5
    72%

    5Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,

  • Job 28:20
    72%

    20Whence then commeth wisedome? And where is the place of vnderstanding,

  • Job 34:34
    72%

    34Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken vnto me.

  • Prov 8:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9They are all plaine to him that will vnderstande, and streight to them that woulde finde knowledge.

    10Receiue mine instruction, and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde.

  • Job 15:8
    72%

    8Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?

  • Prov 16:22
    71%

    22Vnderstading is welspring of life vnto them that haue it: and the instruction of fooles is folly.

  • Prov 8:5
    71%

    5O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.

  • Job 11:13
    71%

    13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:

  • Prov 24:14
    70%

    14So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.

  • Prov 4:5
    70%

    5Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.

  • Prov 7:4
    70%

    4Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,

  • Job 12:12
    70%

    12Among the ancient is wisedome, and in the length of dayes is vnderstanding.

  • Job 38:20
    70%

    20That thou shouldest receiue it in the boundes thereof, and that thou shouldest knowe the paths to the house thereof?

  • Prov 16:16
    70%

    16Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.

  • Prov 4:1
    70%

    1Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

  • Job 28:28
    70%

    28And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.

  • Prov 3:4
    70%

    4So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 19:8
    70%

    8He that possesseth vnderstanding, loueth his owne soule, and keepeth wisdome to finde goodnesse.

  • Prov 1:23
    70%

    23(Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)

  • Prov 9:10
    70%

    10The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lorde, and the knowledge of holy things, is vnderstanding.

  • Job 42:3
    70%

    3Who is hee that hideth counsell without knowledge? therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstood not, euen things too wonderfull for me, and which I knew not.

  • Prov 15:14
    70%

    14The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of the foole is fedde with foolishnes.