For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
What does Proverbs 2:6 mean?
Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom, will never complain that they have lost their labour; and the freeness of the gift does not do away the necessity of our diligence, Joh 6:27 Let them seek, and they shall find it; let them ask, and it shall be given them.
Key themes
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Keep this verse inside Proverbs 2:6-7 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Proverbs 2:6
People do not gain wisdom by any efforts of their own, but God gives it according to the laws of His own goodness.
Key words
- Thus saith the Lord
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Thus saith the Lord.
- Thus saith the Lord
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Thus saith the Lord.
Context in Proverbs 2
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Proverbs 2 belongs to the early movement of the book, especially the section often described as fatherly discourses on wisdom. Proverbs offers compact instruction on speech, work, wealth, friendship, sex, discipline, justice, and wisdom as a way of life before God. Read this chapter with the wider themes of wisdom, fear of the Lord, and speech in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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