Proverbs 2:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

Proverbs 2:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Ephesians 1:17-18
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: …
Proverbs 3:6
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Psalms 25:4-5
Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. …
1 Kings 3:9-12
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? …

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Commentary

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

(vv. 1-9)

Job had asked, long before this, Where shall wisdom be found? Whence cometh wisdom? (Job 28:12, 20) and he had given this general answer (Job 28:23), God knoweth the place of it; but Solomon here goes further, and tells us both where we may find it and how we may get it. We are here told, I. What means we must use that we may obtain wisdom. 1. We must closely attend to the word of God, for that is…

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

(vv. 3)

Pr 2:1-22. Men are invited to seek wisdom because it teaches those principles by which they may obtain God’s guidance and avoid the society and influence of the wicked, whose pernicious courses are described. 1-5. Diligence in hearing and praying for instruction must be used to secure the great principle of godliness, the fear of God. hide ... with thee--lay up in store (compare Pr 7:1).