Proverbs 8:9

In 11 translations

BSB

They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.

KJV

They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

WEB

They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.

ASV

They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.

LSV

All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, || And upright to those finding knowledge.

YLT

All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

DBY

They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

DRC

They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.

GNV

They are all plaine to him that will vnderstande, and streight to them that woulde finde knowledge.

JPS

They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

LXXE

They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כֻּלָּ֣ם נְ֭כֹחִים לַמֵּבִ֑ין וִֽ֝ישָׁרִ֗ים לְמֹ֣צְאֵי דָֽעַת׃

LXX-Br

Πάντα ἐνώπια τοῖς συνιοῦσι, καὶ ὀρθὰ τοῖς εὑρίσκουσι γνῶσιν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
• John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
• 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.
• 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—
• Psalms 25:12–14Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him. His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land. The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His…
• Proverbs 15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
• Matthew 13:11–12He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will…
• Proverbs 18:1–2He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment. A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.
• Proverbs 15:14A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
• Psalms 119:98–100Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
• Micah 2:7Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
• Proverbs 18:15The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
• Psalms 19:7–8The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are…
• Isaiah 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
• 1 Corinthians 2:14–15The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man judges all things,…
• Proverbs 17:24Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

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