Prov 2a

1. Proverbs 2
Overview
Pro 2:1, Wisdom promises godliness to her children; Pro 2:10, and safety from evil company; Pro
2:20, and direction in good ways.
(Prov 2:1) My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my
commandments with thee;
My son, if thou wilt receive my words…
Prov 4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. KJV
Gen 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the
ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I
again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. KJV
Judg 8:20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for
he feared, because he was yet a youth. KJV
Prov 7:1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. KJV
John 12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the
world, but to save the world. KJV
John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I
have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. KJV
…my words…
Ps 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Ps 106:11-13 11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. 12 Then believed
they his words; they sang his praise. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: KJV
Ps 107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
KJV
Ps 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the s imple. KJV
Ps 119:139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. KJV
Prov 30:5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Isa 51:16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand,
that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my
people. KJV
Isa 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call
the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own
ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: KJV
Amos 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine
of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: KJV
…and hide my commandments with thee…
Prov 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: KJV

2. Prov 4:20-22 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart
from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and
health to all their flesh. KJV
Prov 6:21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. KJV
Deut 6:6-9 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt
teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when
thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them
for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them
upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. KJV
Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his
mouth more than my necessary food. KJV
Ps 119:9-11 9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy
word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy
word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. KJV
Matt 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath
found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. KJV
Luke 2:19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. KJV
Luke 2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his
mother kept all these sayings in her heart. KJV
Luke 9:44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands
of men. KJV
(Prov 2:2) So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine
heart to understanding;
…thou incline thine ear unto wisdom…
Prov 18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Ps 119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Ps 119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
Isa 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting
covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Matt 13:9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
…and apply thine heart to understanding
Prov 22:17-21 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my
knowledge. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have not I
written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty
of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? KJV
Prov 23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. KJV
Ps 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. KJV

3. Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all
readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. KJV
(Prov 2:3) Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for
understanding;
…if thou criest after knowledge…
Proverbs 2:3
Prov 8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. KJV
Ps 119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. KJV
Ps 119:73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy
commandments. KJV
Ps 119:125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. KJV
Ps 119:169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. KJV
Luke 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall
your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? KJV
Eph 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of
wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: KJV
Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his
calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, KJV
Jas 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not;
and it shall be given him. KJV
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding
thou: Pro 3:14, Pro 3:15, Pro 8:18, Pro 8:19, Pro 16:16, Pro 23:23; Psa 19:10, Psa 119:14, Psa 119:72, Psa 119:127;
Mat 6:19-21; Mat 13:44, Mat 19:21, Mat 19:22, Mat 19:29
Prov 3:14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine
gold. KJV
Prov 3:15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared
unto her. KJV
Prov 8:18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. KJV
Prov 8:19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. KJV
Prov 16:16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen
than silver! KJV
Prov 23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. KJV
Matt 6:19-21 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither
moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure
is, there will your heart be also. [Gods virtual cloud]

4. Mark 10:29-30 29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house,
or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 30
But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and
children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. KJV
(Prov 2:4) If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid
treasures;
Proverbs 2:4
Job 28:12-20 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? 13 Man
knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. 14 The depth saith, It is not in
me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for
the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 18 No
mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 19 The topaz of
Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and
where is the place of understanding? KJV
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. KJV
28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is
understanding. KJV
Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of
this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. KJV