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Selected Verse: Proverbs 2:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 2:5 |
Strong Concordance |
Then shalt thou understand [0995] the fear [03374] of the LORD [03068], and find [04672] the knowledge [01847] of God [0430]. |
| |
King James |
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
understand--or, "perceive intelligently."
find--obtain. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The promise. The highest blessedness is to know God Joh 17:3. If any distinction between "the Lord" יהוה yehovâh and "God" אלהים 'elohı̂ym can be pressed here, it is that in the former the personality, in the latter the glory, of the divine nature is prominent. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
fear
Also; (Pro 3:7);
(See Scofield) - (Psa 19:9). |
3 And [1161] this [3778] is [2076] life [2222] eternal [166], that [2443] they might know [1097] thee [4571] the only [3441] true [228] God [2316], and [2532] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], whom [3739] thou hast sent [649].
9 The fear [03374] of the LORD [03068] is clean [02889], enduring [05975] for ever [05703]: the judgments [04941] of the LORD [03068] are true [0571] and righteous [06663] altogether [03162].
7 Be not wise [02450] in thine own eyes [05869]: fear [03372] the LORD [03068], and depart [05493] from evil [07451].