Proverbs 2:11
Thoughtfulness watches over you, || Understanding keeps you,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
In Context
10For wisdom comes into your heart, || And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
12To deliver you from an evil way, || From any speaking contrary things,
Cross References
Psalms 119:9[BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
Proverbs 6:22In your going up and down, it leads you, || In your lying down, it watches over you, || And you have awoken—it talks [with] you.
Ecclesiastes 10:10If the iron has been blunt, || And he has not sharpened the face, || Then he increases strength, || And wisdom [is] advantageous to make right.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 2:11-22
The Benefits Conferred by Wisdom. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the strange… Read the whole commentary →