Proverbs 2:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:12

Only, may the Lord grant you discretion and understanding, so that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

Psalm 119:125

I am your servant; give me understanding, so that I may know your decrees.

Psalm 119:169

Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me understanding according to your word.

Psalm 119:34

Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.

Psalm 119:73

Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.

Proverbs 2:2

making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding,

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures—

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 4:1

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,

Proverbs 8:17

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

Luke 11:13

If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

James 1:5

If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.