Proverbs 2:5 “then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge…”

Proverbs 2:5

then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

World English Bible

then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

American Standard Version

Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.

Darby Translation

then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.

Young's Literal Translation

Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.

Bible in Basic English

Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

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Cross references

“shalt”

2 Chronicles 1:10–12 Luke 11:9–13 Hosea 6:3 Matthew 7:7 Matthew 7:8

2 Chronicles 1:10–12 · BSB

Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

Luke 11:9–13 · BSB

So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Hosea 6:3 · BSB

So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

Matthew 7:7 · BSB

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Matthew 7:8 · BSB

For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

“the fear”

Proverbs 9:10 Job 28:28 Jeremiah 32:40 Jeremiah 32:41

Proverbs 9:10 · BSB

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Job 28:28 · BSB

And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Jeremiah 32:40 · BSB

I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

Jeremiah 32:41 · BSB

Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

“find”

Jeremiah 24:7 Luke 10:22 1 John 5:20 Jeremiah 9:24 Matthew 11:27 Jeremiah 31:34

Jeremiah 24:7 · BSB

I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.

Luke 10:22 · BSB

All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”

1 John 5:20 · BSB

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Jeremiah 9:24 · BSB

But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

Matthew 11:27 · BSB

All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

Jeremiah 31:34 · BSB

No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will r…

Also

Proverbs 1:7

Proverbs 1:7 · BSB

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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