Proverbs 2:7

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“He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,”

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BSBPD

“He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He isa shield to them that walk in integrity;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 2:7 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 28:8Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
  2. Psalms 3:4To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
  3. Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
  4. Psalms 144:2He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
  5. Proverbs 8:14Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.
  6. Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
  7. Proverbs 28:18He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
  8. Proverbs 30:5Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
  9. 1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
  10. 1 Corinthians 1:24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
  11. 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  12. 1 Corinthians 2:6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
  13. 1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
  14. Colossians 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  15. 2 Timothy 3:15From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
  16. James 3:15Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

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