Proverbs 2:11

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:6 : 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
  • Prov 6:22-24 : 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
  • Eccl 10:10 : 10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
  • Eccl 9:15-18 : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
  • Ps 119:9-9 : 9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 5:1-2
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    82%

    1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

    2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 2:5-10
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    5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

    6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

    7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

    8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

    9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

    10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

  • Prov 3:21-23
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    21My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

    22So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

    23Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

  • Prov 1:2-5
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    2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

    3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

    4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

    5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

  • Prov 2:1-3
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    1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

    2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

    3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

  • Prov 4:5-7
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    5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

    6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

    7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 8:12
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    12I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 6:22
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    22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

  • Prov 3:4
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    4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 16:21-22
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    21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

    22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Prov 24:14
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    14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

  • Ps 121:7
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    7The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

  • Prov 8:14
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    14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

  • Prov 6:24
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    24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

  • Job 12:12
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    12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

  • Prov 4:13
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    13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

  • Eccl 8:5
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    5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

  • Prov 22:12
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    12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

  • Prov 14:15
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    15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

  • Prov 8:5
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    5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 18:15
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    15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

  • Prov 1:33
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    33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Job 28:28
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    28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

  • Eccl 7:12
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    12For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.