Proverbs 2:11

In 11 translations

BSB

Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

KJV

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

WEB

Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

ASV

Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

LSV

Thoughtfulness watches over you, || Understanding keeps you,

YLT

Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

DBY

discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

DRC

Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,

GNV

Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,

JPS

Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;

LXXE

good counsel shall guard thee, and holy understanding shall keep thee;

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Original-language editions

WLC

מְ֭זִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר עָלֶ֗יךָ תְּבוּנָ֥ה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃

LXX-Br

βουλὴ καλὴ φυλάξει σε, ἔννοια δὲ ὁσία τηρήσει σε·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ephesians 5:15Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
• Proverbs 4:6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
• Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
• Ecclesiastes 10:10If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
• Psalms 119:9–11How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word. With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments. I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin…
• Ecclesiastes 9:15–18Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man. And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his…
• Proverbs 6:22–24When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the…

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