Proverbs 2:10
in Proverbs 2For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
KJV
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
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This verse in Proverbs 2
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Another picture of the results of living in the fear of the Lord. Not that to which it leads a man, but that from which it saves him, is brought into view. Notice also that it is one thing for wisdom to find entrance into the soul, another to be welcomed as a “pleasant” guest.
This site's exposition
For wisdom will enter your heart
on Proverbs 2:10-11
“For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul” marks the turn from instruction heard to wisdom possessed. “Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you” names the two guards. The chapter is built on deliverance, two dangers named and two rescues promised.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
When wisdom entereth into thine heart,....
When it not only fills the head with notions, but enters into the heart and has a commanding power and influence upon that,--when it is upon the throne there, and gives law to the affections and passions,--when it enters into the heart as the leaven into the dough, to diffuse its relish there, and to change it into its own image--then it is likely to do us good.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תָב֣וֹא | tavo' | it will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| חָכְמָ֣ה | chokhmah | wisdom | H2451 → | 153 times |
| בְלִבֶּ֑ךָ | velibekha | in heart your | H3820 → | 595 times |
| וְ֝דַ֗עַת | vedaat | and knowledge | H1847 → | 92 times |
| לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥ | lenafshekha | to self your | H5315 → | 754 times |
| יִנְעָֽם׃ | yinam | it will be pleasant | H5276 → | 8 times |
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
תָב֣וֹאit will come
tavo'H935 →2568 times
חָכְמָ֣הwisdom
chokhmahH2451 →153 times
בְלִבֶּ֑ךָin heart your
velibekhaH3820 →595 times
וְ֝דַ֗עַתand knowledge
vedaatH1847 →92 times
לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥to self your
lenafshekhaH5315 →754 times
יִנְעָֽם׃it will be pleasant
yinamH5276 →8 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 15:16Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
it leads to
- Revelation 10:9–10
And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as…
- Ezekiel 3:1–3
“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
- Psalms 119:101–103
I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
- Job 23:12
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- Psalms 19:10
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
- Revelation 10:9–10
Through
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…
it leads to
- Psalms 119:11
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ephesians 5:19
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
- Psalms 119:11
About Proverbs
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.