11 discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:
Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he apply more strength; but wisdom is profitable to give success.
See therefore how ye walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise,
and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.
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Commentary on Proverbs 2 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 2
Solomon, having foretold the destruction of those who are obstinate in their impiety, in this chapter applies himself to those who are willing to be taught; and,
So that in this chapter we are taught both how to get wisdom and how to use it when we have it, that we may neither seek it, nor receive it in vain.
Pro 2:1-9
Job had asked, long before this, Where shall wisdom be found? Whence cometh wisdom? (Job 28:12, 20) and he had given this general answer (v. 23), God knoweth the place of it; but Solomon here goes further, and tells us both where we may find it and how we may get it. We are here told,
Pro 2:10-22
The scope of these verses is to show,
This wisdom will be of use to us,