Proverbs 8:9

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“They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.”

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BSBPD

“They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“All of them <FI>are<Fi> plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 8:9 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
  2. Psalms 25:12Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
  3. Psalms 119:98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
  4. Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
  5. Proverbs 15:14A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
  6. Proverbs 15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
  7. Proverbs 17:24Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
  8. Proverbs 18:1He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
  9. Proverbs 18:15The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
  10. Isaiah 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
  11. Micah 2:7Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
  12. Matthew 13:11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
  13. John 6:45It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
  14. John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
  15. 1 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  16. 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.

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