Proverbs 2:3

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,”

What this verse means

Read Proverbs 2:3 in the flow of Proverbs2 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs2 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 2:3 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 3:9Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
  2. 1 Chronicles 22:12Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.
  3. Psalms 25:4Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
  4. Psalms 119:34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
  5. Psalms 119:73Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
  6. Psalms 119:125I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
  7. Psalms 119:169May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
  8. Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
  9. Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
  10. Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
  11. Luke 11:13So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
  12. Ephesians 1:17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
  13. 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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