"Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:" — Proverbs 2:11

Proverbs 2:11 · KJV

“Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:”

— Proverbs 2:11

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

To deliver thee from the way of the evil {man}, from the man that speaketh froward things;

Proverbs 2 — Context

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; {yea}, every good path.

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

To deliver thee from the way of the evil {man}, from the man that speaketh froward things;

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Cross References

Proverbs 4:6

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Ephesians 5:15

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Psalms 25:21

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom {is} profitable to direct.

Psalms 119:9-11

BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed {thereto} according to thy word.

Ecclesiastes 9:15-18

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Proverbs 6:22-24

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and {when} thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.