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Proverbs 2:6
For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A father instructs his son, identifying the source of the wisdom the son has been pursuing in verse 5.
The words — מִפִּיו (mi-piv), "from his mouth," grounds wisdom not in an abstract attribute but in God's spoken word.
The thread — James 1:5 names God the one who "gives generously" wisdom; Luke 21:15 has Jesus promising "speech and wisdom" to his disciples; Ephesians 1:17 prays for "a spirit of wisdom and revelation."
Why it lands — It removes the reader from the role of wisdom's originator and places them in the position of one who must listen to God's speech.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Cross-references
- Ephesians 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
- James 1:5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
- Luke 21:15 For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
- Isaiah 54:13 Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
- Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
- Psalms 119:98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
- John 6:45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
- 1 Kings 3:12 behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been another like you, nor will there ever be.
- Daniel 2:23 To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because You have given me wisdom and power. And now You have made known to me what we have requested, for You have made known to us the dream of the king.”
- James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.