Proverbs 1:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had made; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.
  • Job 22:22 : 22 Receive, I pray you, the law from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
  • Prov 2:1-9 : 1 My son, if you will receive my words and hide my commandments with you; 2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you cry out for knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding; 4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; 5 Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. 7 He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. 8 He guards the paths of justice and preserves the way of His saints. 9 Then you will understand righteousness and judgment and equity; yes, every good path.
  • Prov 8:10-11 : 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. 11 For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired cannot compare to it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 1:2
    87%

    2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

  • Prov 1:4-8
    5 verses
    84%

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

    5A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;

    6To understand a proverb and the interpretation, the words of the wise and their riddles.

    7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 2:9-11
    3 verses
    79%

    9Then you will understand righteousness and judgment and equity; yes, every good path.

    10When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul;

    11Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you;

  • Prov 3:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

    14For its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold.

  • Prov 8:9-12
    4 verses
    75%

    9They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.

    10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

    11For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired cannot compare to it.

    12I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

  • Prov 2:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1My son, if you will receive my words and hide my commandments with you;

    2So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

    3Yes, if you cry out for knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding;

  • Prov 9:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be even wiser: teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

    10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

  • Prov 5:1
    74%

    1My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my understanding:

  • Prov 4:7
    73%

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

  • Prov 2:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

    6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

    7He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly.

  • Isa 1:17
    73%

    17Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

  • Prov 16:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

    23The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

  • Prov 4:1
    72%

    1Listen, you children, to the instruction of a father, and pay attention to gain understanding.

  • Prov 8:33
    72%

    33Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.

  • Eccl 7:11
    72%

    11Wisdom is good with an inheritance, and by it there is profit to those who see the sun.

  • Prov 23:12
    71%

    12Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 18:15
    71%

    15The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

  • Prov 8:5
    71%

    5O simple ones, understand wisdom; and you fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 3:4
    71%

    4So you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Jas 3:17
    71%

    17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

  • Prov 3:21
    71%

    21My son, let them not depart from your eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

  • Prov 19:20
    71%

    20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.

  • Prov 8:14
    70%

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

  • Job 22:22
    70%

    22Receive, I pray you, the law from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

  • Job 28:28
    70%

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

  • Prov 22:17
    70%

    17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.

  • Job 34:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2Hear my words, O you wise men; and listen to me, you who have knowledge.

    3For the ear tries words as the mouth tastes food.

  • Prov 13:15
    70%

    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Prov 3:19
    70%

    19The LORD by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding he has established the heavens.

  • Prov 16:16
    70%

    16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!

  • Eccl 7:25
    70%

    25I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness.

  • Prov 8:1
    70%

    1Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding raise her voice?

  • Prov 24:3
    70%

    3By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.