Proverbs 2:3
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
BSB
ASV
Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;
KJV
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
God's wisdom … [works] "in many forms and many ways" through technical skill, scientific knowledge, faith, prophecy; it shows us its power to our benefit, because "all wisdom comes from the Lord and is with him to all eternity," as the wisdom of Jesus puts it. "For if you call for practical wisdom and perception at the top of your voice, if you seek it as you would a treasure of silver, and if you track it down ardently, then you will realize the meaning of reverence for God and you will grasp the perception of God."
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
leads to
Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
Through
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.
leads to
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.