Proverbs 2:6

In 11 translations

BSB

For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

KJV

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

WEB

For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

ASV

For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:

LSV

For YHWH gives wisdom, || Knowledge and understanding from His mouth.

YLT

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

DBY

For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

DRC

Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge.

GNV

For the Lord giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.

JPS

For the LORD giveth wisdom, out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment;

LXXE

For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence come knowledge and understanding,

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WLC

כִּֽי־יְ֭הוָה יִתֵּ֣ן חָכְמָ֑ה מִ֝פִּ֗יו דַּ֣עַת וּתְבוּנָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι Κύριος δίδωσι σοφίαν, καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ γνῶσις καὶ σύνεσις.

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• Ephesians 1:17–18that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope…
• James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
• Luke 21:15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
• Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
• Job 32:8But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
• Psalms 119:98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
• John 6:45It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
• 1 Kings 3:12behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.
• James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
• Daniel 2:23To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because You have given me wisdom and power. And now You have made known to me what we have requested, for You have made known to us the dream of the king.”
• Psalms 119:104I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
• Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
• Daniel 2:21He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
• 1 Kings 4:29And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
• Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
• Daniel 1:17To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

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