Proverbs 2
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- כִּיkîyH35885× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- אֹרַחʼôrachH7345× in this chapter
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18704× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- תָּבוּןtâbûwnH83944× in this chapter
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
- דַּעַתdaʻathH18473× in this chapter
knowledge
- הָלַךְhâlakH19803× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- חׇכְמָהchokmâhH24513× in this chapter
wisdom (in a good sense)
- מַעְגָּלmaʻgâlH45703× in this chapter
a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)
- אִםʼimH5183× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- רַעraʻH74513× in this chapter
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- שָׁמַרshâmarH81043× in this chapter
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
- אָזʼâzH2272× in this chapter
at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore
- טוֹבṭôwbH28962× in this chapter
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יָשָׁרyâshârH34772× in this chapter
straight (literally or figuratively)
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- לֵבlêbH38202× in this chapter
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- אֵלʼêlH4132× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4302× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭH49412× in this chapter
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
- נָצַלnâtsalH53372× in this chapter
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
- נָצַרnâtsarH53412× in this chapter
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
- נָתַןnâthanH54142× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- אֵמֶרʼêmerH5612× in this chapter
something said
- עָזַבʻâzabH58002× in this chapter
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- צָפַןtsâphanH68452× in this chapter
to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7762× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- תַּהְפֻּכָהtahpukâhH84192× in this chapter
a perversity or fraud
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9352× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- בִּיןbîynH9952× in this chapter
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
- בַּיִתbayithH10041× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- בֵּןbênH11211× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- בָּקַשׁbâqashH12451× in this chapter
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
- בְּרִיתbᵉrîythH12851× in this chapter
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
- גִּילgîylH15231× in this chapter
properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
- דָבַרdâbarH16961× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- זוּרzûwrH21141× in this chapter
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
- אֹזֶןʼôzenH2411× in this chapter
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
- חַיchayH24161× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively