Proverbs 2:9

World English Bible (2000)

Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way. 9 He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.
  • Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.
  • Ps 119:99 : 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
  • Ps 119:105 : 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
  • Ps 143:8-9 : 8 Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you. 9 Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me. 10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
  • Prov 1:2-6 : 2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding; 3 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; 4 to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man: 5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel: 6 to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
  • Isa 35:8 : 8 A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called The Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there.
  • Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
  • Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus says Yahweh, "Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, 'Where is the good way?' and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'
  • Matt 7:13-14 : 13 "Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. 14 How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    20that you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 2:10-11
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    10For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

    11Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

  • Prov 2:5-8
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    5then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.

    6For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

    7He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;

    8that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

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

    3to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;

  • Hos 14:9
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    9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

  • Isa 26:7
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    7The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.

  • Prov 8:9
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    9They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.

  • Prov 8:20
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    20I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;

  • Prov 3:6
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    6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

  • Prov 3:4
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    4So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

  • Prov 28:5
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    5Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

  • Ps 85:13
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    13Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps. A Prayer by David.

  • Prov 4:11
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    11I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.

  • Prov 4:26
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    26Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Ps 94:15
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    15For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

  • Eccl 8:5
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    5Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

  • Prov 21:21
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    21He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

  • Prov 3:17
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    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

  • Prov 4:18
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    18But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

  • Ps 25:10
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    10All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 3:23
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    23Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't stumble.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 2:2-3
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    2So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

    3Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

  • Ps 37:6
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    6he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

  • Isa 30:21
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    21and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way. Walk in it."

  • Prov 11:5
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    5The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

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

  • Job 34:16
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    16"If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Job 28:28
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    28To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"

  • Prov 4:7
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    7Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

  • Job 38:20
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    20that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

  • Prov 24:14
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    14so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.