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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Proverbs 2

Chapter 2

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

if

1:3 4:1 7:1 John 12:47,48 1 Timothy 1:15

hide

3:1 4:20-22 6:21 Deuteronomy 6:6-9 Job 23:12 Psalms 119:9-11 Matthew 13:44 Luke 2:19,51 9:44

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

thou

18:1 Psalms 119:111,112 Isaiah 55:3 Matthew 13:9

apply

22:17-21 23:12 Psalms 90:12 Ecclesiastes 7:25 8:9,16 Acts 17:11

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

if

3:6 8:17 1 Kings 3:9-12 1 Chronicles 22:12 Psalms 25:4,5 119:34,73,125,169 Luke 11:13 Ephesians 1:17,18 James 1:5

liftest up thy voice

Heb. givest thy voice.

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

thou

3:14,15 8:18,19 16:16 23:23 Psalms 19:10 119:14,72,127 Matthew 6:19-21 Matthew 13:44 19:21,22,29

searchest

Job 28:12-20 Ecclesiastes 4:8 Luke 16:8

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

shalt

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

the fear

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

find

Jeremiah 9:24 24:7 31:34 Matthew 11:27 Luke 10:22 John 17:3 1 John 5:20

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

the Lord

Exodus 31:3 1 Kings 3:9,12 4:29 1 Chronicles 22:12 Job 32:8 Isaiah 54:13 Daniel 1:17 Daniel 2:21,23 Luke 21:15 John 6:45 Ephesians 1:17,18 James 1:5,17

out

6:23 8:5-9 Psalms 19:7 119:98,104 Isaiah 8:20

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

layeth

8:14 14:8 Job 28:8 1 Corinthians 1:19,24,30 2:6,7 3:18,19 Colossians 2:3 2 Timothy 3:15-17 James 3:15-17

a buckler

28:18 30:5 Psalms 84:11 144:2

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

keepeth

8:20 Psalms 1:6 23:3 121:5-8 Isaiah 35:9 49:9,10 John 10:28,29

and

3:21-24 Deuteronomy 33:3,26-29 1 Samuel 2:9 Psalms 37:23,24,28,31 66:9 145:20 Jeremiah 32:40,41 1 Peter 1:5 Jude 1:24

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

1:2-6 Psalms 25:8,9 32:8 119:99,105 143:8-10 Isaiah 35:8 48:17 Jeremiah 6:16 Matthew 7:13,14 John 14:6

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

18:1,2 24:13,14 Job 23:12 Psalms 19:10 104:34 119:97,103,111,162 Jeremiah 15:16 Colossians 3:16

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

4:6 6:22-24 Psalms 25:21 119:9-11 Ecclesiastes 9:15-18 10:10 Ephesians 5:15

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

deliver

1:10-19 4:14-17 9:6 13:20 Psalms 17:4,5 26:4,5 141:4 2 Corinthians 6:17

from the man

3:32 8:13 16:28-30 Psalms 101:4 Isaiah 59:3-5 Acts 20:30 1 Corinthians 15:33

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

leave

21:16 Psalms 14:3 36:3 Ezekiel 18:26 33:12,13 Zephaniah 1:6 Matthew 12:43-45 2 Timothy 4:10 Hebrews 6:4-6 2 Peter 2:20-22 1 John 2:19

walk

4:19 Job 24:13-16 John 3:19,20 12:35 Romans 1:21 1 Thessalonians 5:5-7 John 1:6 2:9-11

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

rejoice

10:23 Jeremiah 11:15 Habakkuk 1:15 Zephaniah 3:11 1 Corinthians 13:6

and

Hosea 7:3 Luke 22:4,5 Romans 1:32

Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

Deuteronomy 32:5 Psalms 125:5 Isaiah 30:8-13 59:8 Philippians 2:15

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

deliver

5:3-20 6:24 7:5-23 22:14 23:27 Genesis 39:3-12 Nehemiah 13:26,27 Ecclesiastes 7:26

flattereth

7:21 29:5

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

the guide

5:18 Jeremiah 3:4

forgetteth

Ezekiel 16:8,59,60 Malachi 2:14-16

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

5:4-14 6:26-35 7:22-27 9:18 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Galatians 5:19-21 Ephesians 5:5 Revelation 21:8 22:15

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

None

Psalms 81:12 Ecclesiastes 7:26 Jeremiah 13:23 Hosea 4:14 Matthew 19:24-26

take

4:18 Hebrews 6:18

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

13:20 Psalms 119:63,115 Song of Solomon 1:7,8 Jeremiah 6:16 Hebrews 6:12 3 John 1:11

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

Job 1:1 42:12 Psalms 37:3,9,11,22,29 84:11 112:4-6

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

the wicked

5:22,23 Job 18:16-18 21:30 Psalms 37:20,22,28,37,38 52:5 104:35 Psalms 145:20 Isaiah 3:10,11

rooted

or, plucked up.

Deuteronomy 7:22 *marg:; Deuteronomy 28:64