Proverbs 2:5 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 2:5

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

KJV

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ASV

Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.

WEB

then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

YLT

Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.

DBT

then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge ofGod.

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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Isaiah 44:18
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Ephesians 1:17
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Psalms 119:34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

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), that is, thou shalt know how to worship him aright, shalt be led into the meaning and mystery of every ordinance, and be enabled to answer the end of its institution." Thou shalt find the knowledge of God, which is necessary to our fearing him aright.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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