Devine Scripture

Proverbs 2:3

Proverbs chapter 2 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

Context

v.2So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

v.3This passage

v.4If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 8:17

    I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

  • 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?

  • Psalms 119:73

    Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

  • Ephesians 1:17

    that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

  • James 1:5

    But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

  • Psalms 119:169

    Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.