6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:
To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak.
behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there hath been none like unto thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every one that has heard from the Father [himself], and has learned [of him], comes to me;
Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple;
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you [the] spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of him, being enlightened in the eyes of your heart, so that ye should know what is the hope of his calling, [and] what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning.
for *I* will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your opposers shall not be able to reply to or resist.
I thank thee, and I praise thee, O God of my fathers, Who hast given me wisdom and might, And hast made known unto me already what we desired of thee; For thou hast made known unto us the king's matter.
As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
And all thy children [shall be] taught of Jehovah, and great shall be the peace of thy children.
O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense. Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them. They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Only, Jehovah give thee wisdom and understanding, and place thee over Israel, and to keep the law of Jehovah thy God.
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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,