Proverbs 8:9
They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
In Context
8All my words are just, there is nothing wicked nor perverse in them.
10Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.
Cross References
Psalms 25:12Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed him a law in the way he hath chosen.
Proverbs 14:6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.
Proverbs 15:24The path of life is above for the wise, that he may decline from the lowest hell.
Proverbs 18:1He that hath a mind to depart from a friend seeketh occasions: he shall ever be subject to reproach.
Isaiah 35:8And a path and a way shall be there, and it shall be called the holy way: the unclean shall not pass over it, and this shall be unto you a straight way, so that fools shall not err therein.
Matthew 13:11Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:2-12
The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? 2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. 3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. 4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. 6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. 7 For my mouth shall… Read the whole commentary →