the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Proverbs 3:13
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Happy is a man who finds wisdomand who acquires understanding,
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding,
Happy is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gets understanding.
Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.
Happy [blessed, considered fortunate, to be admired] is the man who finds [skillful and godly] wisdom, And the man who gains understanding and insight [learning from God's word and life's experiences],
Blessed is a person who finds wisdom, And one who obtains understanding.
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding.
Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
How blessed is the man who finds wisdomAnd the man who obtains discernment.
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
God blesses everyone who has wisdom and common sense.
Happy the person who finds wisdom, the person who acquires understanding;
Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Those who find wisdom are fortunate; they will be blessed when they gain understanding.
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, and the son of the man who finds understanding.
Happy is anyone who becomes wise—who comes to have understanding.
Happy is the one who finds wisdom, and one who obtains understanding.
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.
Well is him that fyndeth wy?dome, & opteyneth vnderstondinge,
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding.
Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that obtaineth understanding.
Happy is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng:
Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Blessid is the man that fyndith wisdom, and which flowith with prudence.
Happy is [the] man that finds wisdom, And [the] man that gets understanding.
Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding;
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.
Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding,
How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding,
Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and is rich in prudence:
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding,
O the happiness of a man [who] hath found wisdom, And of a man [who] bringeth forth understanding.
You're blessed when you meet Lady Wisdom, when you make friends with Madame Insight. She's worth far more than money in the bank; her friendship is better than a big salary. Her value exceeds all the trappings of wealth; nothing you could wish for holds a candle to her. With one hand she gives long life, with the other she confers recognition. Her manner is beautiful, her life wonderfully complete. She's the very Tree of Life to those who embrace her. Hold her tight—and be blessed!
How blessed is the man who finds wisdom And the man who gains understanding.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
is the: Proverbs 4:5-9, Proverbs 8:32-35, 1 Kings 10:1-9, 1 Kings 10:23, 1 Kings 10:24, Ecclesiastes 9:15-18
getteth: Heb. draweth out, Proverbs 2:4, Proverbs 18:1
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 30:13 - go over the sea 1 Kings 3:9 - Give therefore 1 Kings 10:8 - happy are these 1 Kings 10:10 - and precious 2 Chronicles 1:10 - Give me Job 22:2 - as he that Job 28:15 - It cannot be gotten for gold Psalms 19:10 - than gold Psalms 90:12 - that Psalms 119:127 - I love Proverbs 8:10 - General Proverbs 8:35 - whoso Proverbs 24:14 - when Ecclesiastes 2:26 - wisdom Matthew 13:45 - like Romans 12:2 - good 1 Timothy 6:6 - godliness 1 Peter 1:7 - precious
Cross-References
"You won't die!" the serpent replied to the woman.
The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
Then the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?"
He replied, "I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked."
The man replied, "It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it."
"What have you done?" Joseph demanded. "Don't you know that a man like me can predict the future?"
but Samuel said, "What is this you have done?" Saul replied, "I saw my men scattering from me, and you didn't arrive when you said you would, and the Philistines are at Micmash ready for battle.
Joab rushed to the king and demanded, "What have you done? What do you mean by letting Abner get away?
"Am I a Jew?" Pilate retorted. "Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?"
And it was not Adam who was deceived by Satan. The woman was deceived, and sin was the result.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom,.... Some connect these words with the preceding; as if the sense was, a good man, though he is chastened by the Lord, yet is a happy man; not only because his chastenings are in love and for good, but because he improves in spiritual knowledge and understanding by them; see Psalms 94:12. Aben Ezra connects them with the former, but in a different manner, thus; "happy is the man that findeth wisdom", for by it he keeps from sinning, that chastisements may not come upon him. But rather the argument in praise of wisdom, and the advantages of it, insisted on in the preceding chapter, is resumed here and enlarged upon; and by wisdom is meant Christ, and a saving knowledge of him by means of his Gospel; and "finding" him supposes seeking him; which does not arise from nature, but the grace of God, and follows upon the sight of the need and worth of Christ; and is done in the use of means, as reading, praying, and attendance on the word and ordinances: and finding him is no other than an enjoyment of him by faith; which is a seeing him, a taking hold on him, and possessing him; who is to be found in the covenant of grace, being the Mediator, surety, and messenger of it; in the Gospel, which is full of him; in the promises of it, which hold him forth, and the blessings of his grace; in the ordinances, which direct unto him, and where he shows himself: for he is not to be found by the light of nature, nor by carnal reason, nor by the law of Moses; but by means of the Gospel, attended with the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; and a happy finding this, which fills the possessor with inexpressible joy! see John 1:41;
and the man [that] getteth understanding; Christ, and a spiritual understanding of him: this is not a proper acquisition of a man's own; an interest in Christ is not gotten by anything of man's; not by his good works, which are the fruits of grace; nor by faith and repentance, which are gifts of grace themselves; but it is given unto a man: and "getting" here signifies, as before, possession and enjoyment of Christ, as God's pure gift; as a man that is said to obtain the favour of God, when he enjoys it, and the effects of it, in consequence of finding Christ, Proverbs 8:35; where the same word is used as here. The word signifies to "draw out" t; as metals are drawn out of the earth by searching and digging for, or as water out of a well; thus Christ, and the knowledge of him, are drawn out of the mines and fountains of the Scriptures, by such that seek after him aright. Aben Ezra interprets it, that draws or brings it out from another, and learns it; the true believer in Christ hears and learns of the Father, and so comes to Christ, and enjoys him, John 6:45. The Targum is,
"who causes understanding to spring up;''
as water out of a well or fountain; out of his heart, as Gersom; or, as Jarchi, who has learned wisdom, that it is ready to break out, at his mouth; out of the abundance of it in his heart, his mouth speaketh; as such that know Christ cannot but speak to others of the things they have heard and seen, Matthew 12:34.
t יפיק "educet", Montanus; "eruit", Tigurine version, Vatablus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The first beatitude of the Proverbs introduces a new lesson. “Getteth understanding,” literally as in the margin, probably in the sense of “drawing forth from God’s store, from the experience of life” (as in Proverbs 8:35; Proverbs 18:22). The preciousness of wisdom is dwelt on here, not the use to be made of it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 3:13. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom — This refers to the advice given in Proverbs 2:4; where see the note. Proverbs 2:4.
