Proverbs 2:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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  • Prov 5:1-2
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    1¶ My 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.

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

  • Prov 3:21-23
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    21¶ My 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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    77%

    1¶ My 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.

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

  • Prov 8:12
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    12¶ I 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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    8¶ The 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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    21¶ The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

    22¶ Understanding [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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    17¶ The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33¶ Wisdom 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.

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    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.

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

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    14Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13¶ Happy [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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    12¶ With 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.

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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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    12¶ The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

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

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

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    15¶ The 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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    15¶ Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.

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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.

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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.