Proverbs 2:11
Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
In Context
10When wisdom enters into yours heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto your soul;
12To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks perverse things;
Cross References
Psalms 119:9Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to your word.
Proverbs 6:22When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you.
Ecclesiastes 10:10If the iron be blunt, and he do not sharpen the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
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 →