Proverbs 2:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Then you will understand the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of [our omniscient] God. [Prov. 1:7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.

Common English Bible

⁵ Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and discover the knowledge of God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and you will discover the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 2:5 Cross References

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord, and they will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with their whole heart.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Luke 10:22

All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

Jeremiah 9:24

but let those who boast boast in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the Lord; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord.

Matthew 11:27

All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his appearing is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Jeremiah 31:34

No longer shall they teach one another or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more.

Proverbs 9:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

Job 28:28

And he said to humankind, ‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

Proverbs 28:7

Those who keep the law are wise children, but companions of gluttons shame their parents.

Isaiah 33:6

he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.