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For Yahweh will give wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
For the upright, he stores[a] sound judgment, a shield for those who walk uprightly,
in order to guard paths of justice
    and keep[b] the way of his faithful ones.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 2:7 Or “hides, keeps”
  2. Proverbs 2:8 Or “preserve, guard, watch”

For the Lord gives wisdom;(A)
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(B)
He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield(C) to those whose walk is blameless,(D)
for he guards the course of the just
    and protects the way of his faithful ones.(E)

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

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

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

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(A)For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
(B)He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
He guards the paths of justice,
And (C)preserves the way of His saints.

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