Proverbs 2:11
מְזִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ תְּבוּנָה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
In Context
10כִּֽי ־ תָבוֹא חָכְמָה בְלִבֶּךָ וְדַעַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ יִנְעָֽם ׃
12לְהַצִּילְךָ מִדֶּרֶךְ רָע מֵאִישׁ מְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת ׃
Cross References
Psalms 119:9בַּמֶּה יְזַכֶּה ־ נַּעַר אֶת ־ אָרְחוֹ לִשְׁמֹר כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ ׃
Proverbs 6:22בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ ׀ תַּנְחֶה אֹתָךְ בְּֽשָׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ וַהֲקִיצוֹתָ הִיא תְשִׂיחֶֽךָ ׃
Ecclesiastes 10:10אִם ־ קֵהָה הַבַּרְזֶל וְהוּא לֹא ־ פָנִים קִלְקַל וַחֲיָלִים יְגַבֵּר וְיִתְרוֹן הַכְשֵׁיר חָכְמָֽה ׃
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 →