Proverbs 2:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Job 23:12 : 12 Nor have I departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
  • Ps 119:111 : 111 Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
  • Ps 119:162 : 162 I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great treasure.
  • Prov 14:33 : 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.
  • Prov 18:1-2 : 1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddles with all wisdom. 2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may express itself.
  • Prov 24:13-14 : 13 My son, eat honey because it is good, and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste. 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your expectation shall not be cut off.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 Your words were found, and I ate them; and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
  • Ps 104:34 : 34 My meditation of Him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
  • Ps 119:97 : 97 MEM. Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 11Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you;

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

  • 14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your expectation shall not be cut off.

  • Prov 2:1-6
    6 verses
    78%

    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;

    4If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;

    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.

  • Prov 1:2-6
    5 verses
    78%

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

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

    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.

  • Prov 3:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

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

  • Prov 24:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

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

    4And by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

  • Prov 8:9-12
    4 verses
    76%

    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.

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    21The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.

    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.

    24Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones.

  • 8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good.

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

    18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be ready on your lips.

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

  • 33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

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

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

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

    2That you may keep discretion, and that your lips may preserve knowledge.

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

  • 17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

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

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

  • Eccl 7:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

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

    12For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense, but the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.

  • 18For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

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

  • 14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • 130The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

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

  • 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.

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    15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

    16Yes, my inmost being shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.

  • 22So they will be life to your soul, and grace to your neck.