Proverbs 2:5
Then you understand the fear of YHWH, || And you find the knowledge of God.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
In Context
4If you seek her as silver, || And search for her as hid treasures,
6For YHWH gives wisdom, || Knowledge and understanding from His mouth.
Cross References
Job 28:28And He says to man: Behold, fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom, || And to turn from evil [is] understanding.”
Proverbs 9:10The commencement of wisdom [is] the fear of YHWH, || And a knowledge of the Holy Ones [is] understanding.
Isaiah 33:6And has been the steadfastness of your times, || The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, || Fear of YHWH—it [is] His treasure.
Jeremiah 24:7And have given to them a heart to know Me, || For I [am] YHWH, || And they have been to Me for a people, || And I am to them for God, || For they turned back to Me with all their heart.
Jeremiah 32:40and I have made a perpetual covenant for them, in that I do not turn back from after them for My doing them good, and I put My fear in their heart, so as not to turn aside from me;
Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 2:2-10
The Search after Wisdom Encouraged. 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord , and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and… Read the whole commentary →