Proverbs 2:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ And He treasures up stability for the straight, A shield to those walking blamelessly,

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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

Job 28:8

The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

Psalm 144:2

My kindness and my stronghold, My tower and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I take refuge, Who is subduing peoples under me.

Psalm 3:4

I cried to יהוה  with my voice, And He heard me from His set-apart mountain. Selah.

Psalm 84:11

For יהוה  Elohim is a sun and a shield; יהוה  gives favour and esteem; He withholds no good matter From those who walk blamelessly.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the clever is to understand His way, But the folly of fools is deceit.

Proverbs 28:18

He who walks blamelessly is saved, But the perverted of ways falls at once.

Proverbs 30:5

Every Word of Eloah is tried; He is a shield to those taking refuge in Him.

Proverbs 8:14

“Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, mightiness is mine.

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it has been written, “I shall destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the learning of the learned ones.”

1 Corinthians 1:24

but to those who are called – both Yehuḏ

1 Corinthians 1:30

And of Him you are in Messiah יהושע, who became for us wisdom from Elohim, righteousness also, and set-apartness and redemption,

Colossians 2:3

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