Devine Scripture

Proverbs 8:12

Proverbs chapter 8 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledgeanddiscretion.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledgeanddiscretion.

Context

v.11For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

v.12This passage

v.13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 28:26

    For his God doth instruct him aright, and doth teach him.

  • Exodus 35:30

    And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, Jehovah hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

  • 2 Chronicles 13:14

    And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried unto Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:19

    All this, said David, have I been made to understand in writing from the hand of Jehovah, even all the works of this pattern.

  • Psalms 104:24

    O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.

  • Exodus 31:3

    and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,