the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Proverbs 19:8
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The one who acquires good sense loves himself;one who safeguards understanding finds success.
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good.
One who gets wisdom loves his own soul; One who keeps understanding will find good.
Those who get wisdom do themselves a favor, and those who love learning will succeed.
He who gains wisdom and good sense loves (preserves) his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good and prosper.
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
He that possesseth vnderstanding, loueth his owne soule, and keepeth wisdome to finde goodnesse.
He who acquires a heart of wisdom loves his own soul;He who keeps discernment will find good.
He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.
Do yourself a favor by having good sense— you will be glad you did.
To acquire good sense is to love oneself; to treasure discernment is to prosper.
He that getteth sense loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Be a friend to yourself; do all you can to be wise. Try hard to understand, and you will be rewarded.
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps faithfulness shall find good.
Do yourself a favor and learn all you can; then remember what you learn and you will prosper.
He who acquires wisdom loves himself; he who guards understanding loves to find good.
He who gets heart loves his own soul, he who keeps understanding finds good.
He that is wyse, loueth his owne soule: and who so hath vnderstondinge, shal prospere.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.
He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
He that getteth wisedome loueth his owne soule: he that keepeth vnderstanding shall find good.
He that is wise loueth his owne soule, and kepeth vnderstanding, that he may prosper.
He that procures wisdom loves himself; and he that keeps wisdom shall find good.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
but he that holdith stabli the mynde, loueth his soule, and the kepere of prudence schal fynde goodis.
He that gets wisdom loves his own soul: He that keeps understanding shall find good.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
The one who acquires wisdom loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good.
To acquire wisdom is to love yourself; people who cherish understanding will prosper.
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding will find good.
To get wisdom is to love oneself; to keep understanding is to prosper.
He that acquireth sense, loveth his own soul, he that guardeth understanding, shall find blessing.
He who gets wisdom loves himself; he who keeps understanding will prosper.
Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.
Grow a wise heart—you'll do yourself a favor; keep a clear head—you'll find a good life.
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wisdom: Heb. an heart, Proverbs 17:16, Ezekiel 36:26
loveth: Proverbs 8:35, Proverbs 8:36, John 12:25, 1 Peter 3:10
he that keepeth: Proverbs 2:1-9, Proverbs 3:18, Proverbs 3:21, Proverbs 4:4, Proverbs 4:6, Proverbs 4:21, Proverbs 16:20, Proverbs 22:18, Psalms 19:11, John 14:21
Reciprocal: Proverbs 4:5 - Get wisdom Proverbs 10:14 - lay
Cross-References
And I will set a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart, afterwards you shall pass on: for therefore are you come aside to your servant. And they said: Do as thou hast spoken.
And the elder said to the younger: Our father is old, and there is no man left on the earth, to come in unto us after the manner of the whole earth.
The younger also bore a son, and she called his name Ammon; that is, the son of my people: he is the father of the Ammonites unto this day.
And Ruben answered him: Kill my two sons, if I bring him not again to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will restore him to thee.
And he answered him: Let not my lord be offended; for thou knowest this people, that they are prone to evil.
And it answered them: If, indeed, you mean to make me king, come ye, and rest under my shadow: but if you mean it not, let fire come out from the bramble, and devour the cedars of Libanus.
I have a maiden daughter, and this man hath a concubine, I will bring them out to you, and you may humble them, and satisfy your lust: only, I beseech you, commit not this crime against nature on the man.
Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house: when thou shalt see one naked, cover him, and despise not thy own flesh.
(9-5) For he knew not what he said: for they were struck with fear.
And not rather (as we are slandered and as some affirm that we say) let us do evil that there may come good? Whose damnation is just.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul,.... Wisdom and knowledge in things natural and civil; and especially in things divine, spiritual, and evangelical; particularly he that gets Christ, the Wisdom of God, and a saving knowledge of him; see Proverbs 3:13. Or, "he that getteth a heart" p; a good heart, as the Targum explains it; which is a new heart, and a new spirit; a clean heart and a right spirit; a heart of flesh, a soft, tender, and contrite one, in opposition to a hard heart, a heart of stone: a wise and understanding heart, such an one as Solomon had; a heart to know the Lord, and to fear him; in which his laws are written, the graces of his Spirit are implanted; and in which God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit, dwell: he who is desirous of such a he art seeks after it, prays for it, and uses all means to obtain it; and who, through the grace of God; does possess it, as the word signifies; he by all this shows that he has a regard to the good and welfare of his immortal soul; when such, who indulge to ignorance and a wicked heart, wrong and hate their own souls; see
Proverbs 29:24;
he that keepeth understanding shall find good; retains the wisdom he has got; holds fast instruction, and keeps it, which is committed to him; abides by the doctrines of the Gospel, and does not depart from them; keeps the ordinances of it, which it is his wisdom and understanding to do; see Deuteronomy 4:6; he finds his account in all this; he finds that which is good, good for him now and hereafter; he finds Christ, and life in him; peace, joy, and comfort in this world: and, in the world to come, glory, honour, and happiness.
p לב "cor", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Mercerus, &c.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Wisdom - literally, as in the margin, to gain a “heart,” i. e., the higher faculties both of reason and feeling, is identical with gaining wisdom, i. e., the faculty which seeks and finds.