Proverbs 2:7 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁷ He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: He is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ He hides away sound and godly Wisdom and stores it for the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him); He is a shield to those who walk uprightly and in integrity,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

Common English Bible

⁷ He reserves ability for those with integrity. He is a shield for those who live a blameless life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ He will preserve the salvation of the righteous, and he will protect those who walk in simplicity:

Proverbs 2:7 Cross References

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

1 Corinthians 1:30

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

Proverbs 28:18

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

Colossians 2:3

in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Psalm 144:2

my goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

1 Corinthians 1:24

but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

Proverbs 8:14

Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

Job 28:8

the lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

Psalm 3:4

I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.