Proverbs 2:11
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Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
In other translations
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Ephesians 5:15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
- Proverbs 4:6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
- Psalm 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
- Ecclesiastes 10:10If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
- Psalm 119:9-119 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word. 10 With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments. 11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15-1815 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.15 Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man. 16 And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.” 17 The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
- Proverbs 6:22-2422 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. 23 For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life, 24 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
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