Proverbs 2:7

New Century Version

He stores up wisdom for those who are honest. Like a shield he protects the innocent.

Cross References

Job 28:8

Proud animals have not walked there, and no lions cross over it.

Psalm 144:2

He protects me like a strong, walled city, and he loves me. He is my defender and my Savior, my shield and my protection. He helps me keep my people under control.

Psalm 3:4

I will pray to the Lord, and he will answer me from his holy mountain.Selah

Psalm 84:11

The Lord God is like a sun and shield; the Lord gives us kindness and honor. He does not hold back anything good from those whose lives are innocent.

Proverbs 14:8

A wise person will understand what to do, but a foolish person is dishonest.

Proverbs 28:18

Innocent people will be kept safe, but those who are dishonest will suddenly be ruined.

Proverbs 30:5

“Every word of God is true. He guards those who come to him for safety.

Proverbs 8:14

I have good sense and advice, and I have understanding and power.

1 Corinthians 1:19

It is written in the Scriptures: “I will cause the wise to lose their wisdom; I will make the wise unable to understand.”

1 Corinthians 1:24

But Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God to those people God has called—Jews and Greeks.

1 Corinthians 1:30

Because of God you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God. In Christ we are put right with God, and have been made holy, and have been set free from sin.

Colossians 2:3

In him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are safely kept.