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Proverbs 2:5

Proverbs 2:5
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord,.... The grace of fear, and the exercise of it: which is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge, and is a treasure itself, Pro 1:7. By means of the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Proverbs 2:1-9

Job had asked, long before this, Where shall wisdom be found? Whence cometh wisdom? (Job 28:12, Job 28:20) and he had given this general answer (v. 23), God knoweth the place of it; but Solomon here…