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Legacy Standard Bible

Proverbs 4:11

I have instructed you in the way of wisdom;I have led you in upright tracks.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Wisdom;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Call, Divine;   God's;   Paths, Right;   Right;   Wisdom;   Wisdom-Folly;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Teacher;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Path;   Right;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 30;   Every Day Light - Devotion for February 4;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I am teaching you the way of wisdom;I am guiding you on straight paths.
Hebrew Names Version
I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in paths of uprightness.
King James Version
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
English Standard Version
I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
New Century Version
I am guiding you in the way of wisdom, and I am leading you on the right path.
New English Translation
I will guide you in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths.
Amplified Bible
I have instructed you in the way of [skillful and godly] wisdom; I have led you in upright paths.
New American Standard Bible
I have instructed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths.
World English Bible
I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in paths of uprightness.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I haue taught thee in ye way of wisedom, and led thee in the pathes of righteousnesse.
Berean Standard Bible
I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
Contemporary English Version
I have shown you the way that makes sense; I have guided you along the right path.
Complete Jewish Bible
I'm directing you on the way of wisdom, guiding you in paths of uprightness;
Darby Translation
I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.
Easy-to-Read Version
I am teaching you about wisdom and guiding you on the right path.
George Lamsa Translation
I have taught you the ways of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.
Good News Translation
I have taught you wisdom and the right way to live.
Lexham English Bible
In the way of wisdom I have instructed you; I have led you in the path of uprightness.
Literal Translation
I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in the right tracks;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wil shewe the ye waye of wy?dome, and lede the in the right pathes.
American Standard Version
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
Bible in Basic English
I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
King James Version (1611)
I haue taught thee in the way of wisedome: I haue lead thee in right pathes.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome, & led thee into the right pathes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; and I cause thee to go in right paths.
English Revised Version
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal schewe to thee the weie of wisdom; and Y schal lede thee bi the pathis of equyte.
Update Bible Version
I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in paths of uprightness.
Webster's Bible Translation
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
New King James Version
I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.
New Living Translation
I will teach you wisdom's ways and lead you in straight paths.
New Life Bible
I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you on the right paths.
New Revised Standard
I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In the way of wisdom, have I taught thee, I have guided thee in tracks of uprightness.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will shew thee the way of wisdom, I will lead thee by the paths of equity:
Revised Standard Version
I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
Young's Literal Translation
In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I have directed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths.

Contextual Overview

1Hear, O sons, the discipline of a father,And pay attention that you may know understanding, 2For I give you sound learning;Do not forsake my instruction. 3When I was a son to my father,Tender and the only son before my mother, 4Then he instructed me and said to me,"Let your heart hold fast my words;Keep my commandments and live; 5Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding!Do not forget and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth. 6Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;Love her, and she will guard you. 7The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom;And with all your acquiring, acquire understanding. 8Prize her, and she will exalt you;She will honor you if you embrace her. 9She will give for your head a garland of grace;She will present you with a crown of beauty." 10Hear, my son, and receive my sayingsAnd the years of your life will be many.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

taught: Proverbs 4:4, Deuteronomy 4:5, 1 Samuel 12:24, Ecclesiastes 12:9

led: Proverbs 8:6, Proverbs 8:9, Proverbs 8:20, Psalms 23:3, Psalms 25:4, Psalms 25:5, Acts 13:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:27 - the Lord Genesis 24:48 - led me 1 Samuel 12:23 - I will teach Psalms 119:35 - the path Proverbs 9:6 - in

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
And Yahweh God said to the serpent,"Because you have done this,Cursed are you more than any of the cattle,And more than every beast of the field;On your belly you will go,And dust you will eatAll the days of your life;
Genesis 4:14
Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and it will be that whoever finds me will kill me."
Genesis 4:15
So Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." And Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one who found him would strike him.
Genesis 4:16
Then Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took for himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and have livestock.
Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also, a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of Yahweh.
Job 16:18
"O earth, do not cover my blood,And let there be no resting place for my cry.
Isaiah 26:21
For behold, Yahweh is about to come out from His placeTo visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth;And the earth will reveal her bloodshedAnd will no longer cover those of hers who were killed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom,.... In the way that leads to it, or is concerning it; in the Gospel, which is the wisdom of God in a mystery, the manifold wisdom of God, and which directs to Christ and the knowledge of him, who is true wisdom; this is another reason or argument why the wise man's instructions should be attended to;

I have led thee in right paths; in paths of righteousness, holiness, and truth; in such as are agreeable to the will and word of God, and which lead right on to the city of habitation; and therefore such teachings and leadings should be followed, and such ways walked in.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 15:1-5; Psalms 24:1-10; Psalms 37:0.

Proverbs 4:7

Or, “The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.” To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain.

Proverbs 4:12

The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (“when thou runnest”) there is no risk of falling.

Proverbs 4:13

She is thy life - Another parallel between personified Wisdom in this book and the Incarnate Wisdom in John 1:4.

Proverbs 4:16

A fearful stage of debasement. Sin is the condition without which there can be no repose.

Proverbs 4:17

i. e., Bread and wine gained by unjust deeds. Compare Amos 2:8. A less probable interpretation is, “They eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine.” Compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7.

Proverbs 4:18

Shining ... shineth - The two Hebrew words are different; the first having the sense of bright or clear. The beauty of a cloudless sunshine growing on, shining as it goes, to the full and perfect day, is chosen as the fittest figure of the ever increasing brightness of the good man’s life. Compare the marginal reference.

Proverbs 4:19

Compare our Lord’s teaching John 11:10; John 12:35.

Proverbs 4:20

The teacher speaks again in his own person.


 
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