Proverbs 2:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 25:8-9 : 8 ¶ Good and upright [is] the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
  • Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
  • Ps 119:99 : 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
  • Ps 119:105 : 105 ¶ NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
  • Ps 143:8-9 : 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. 9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. 10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou [art] my God: thy spirit [is] good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
  • Prov 1:2-6 : 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; 4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. 5 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
  • Isa 35:8 : 8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it [shall be] for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err [therein].
  • Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I [am] the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way [that] thou shouldest go.
  • Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].
  • Matt 7:13-14 : 13 ‹Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide› [is] ‹the gate, and broad› [is] ‹the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:› 14 ‹Because strait› [is] ‹the gate, and narrow› [is] ‹the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.›
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, ‹I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.›

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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  • Prov 1:2-3
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    2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

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    7The way of the just [is] uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

  • Prov 8:9
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    9They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

  • Prov 8:20
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    20I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

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    6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

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

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

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    13Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.

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    11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

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

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    15But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

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

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    13¶ Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.

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  • Prov 3:17
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    17Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.

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  • Prov 2:2-3
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  • Prov 4:7
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    20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?

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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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    30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

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    12¶ There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.