Proverbs 2:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ For if you cry for discernment, Lift up your voice for understanding,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, And liftest up thy voice for understanding;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

Common English Bible

³ Call out for insight, and cry aloud for understanding.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ For if you would call upon wisdom and bend your heart to prudence,

Proverbs 2:3 Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:12

“Only, let יהוה  give you wisdom and understanding, and command you concerning Yisra’ĕ

Psalm 119:125

I am Your servant – make me understand, That I might know Your witnesses.

Psalm 119:169

My cry comes before You, O יהוה ; Make me understand according to Your word.

Psalm 119:34

Make me understand, that I might observe Your Torah, And guard it with all my heart.

Psalm 119:73

Your hands have made me and formed me; Make me understand, that I might learn Your commands.

Proverbs 2:2

So that you make your ear attend to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;

Proverbs 2:4

If you seek her as silver, And search for her as hidden treasures,

Proverbs 3:6

Know Him in all your ways, And He makes all your paths straight.

Proverbs 4:1

Children, listen to the discipline of a father, And give attention to know understanding;

Proverbs 8:17

“I love those who love me, And those who earnestly seek me do find me.

Luke 11:13

“If you then, being wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father from heaven give the Set-apart Spirit to those asking Him!”

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of Elohim, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it shall be given to him.