Proverbs 2:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 2

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¹¹Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

Proverbs 2:11 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 4:6
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Ephesians 5:15
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Psalms 25:21
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Proverbs 6:22-24
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-22)

The scope of these verses is to show, 1. What great advantage true wisdom will be of to us; it will keep us from the paths of sin, which lead to ruin, and will therein do us a greater kindness than if it enriched us with all the wealth of the world. 2. What good use we should make of the wisdom God gives us; we must use it for our own guidance in the paths of virtue, and for the arming of us again…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

10-11. Idea of Pr 2:9, amplified; on terms, compare Pr 2:2 and Pr 2:4.