Verse 11

Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you;

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:6 : 6 Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you: love her, and she will keep you.
  • Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on You.
  • Prov 6:22-24 : 22 When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
  • Eccl 10:10 : 10 If the iron is blunt, and he does not sharpen the edge, then he must put forth more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 See then that you walk carefully, 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 one remembered that same poor man. 16 Then I said, 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 rules among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
  • Ps 119:9-9 : 9 BETH. How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. 10 With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments. 11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.