Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
- KJV Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
- BSB Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
- NASB Then you will discern righteousness, justice, And integrity, and every good path.
- NLT Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair, and you will find the right way to go.
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Quick answer
Then you will understand righteousness, justice, equity, and every good path. It matters because wisdom yields discernment for living rightly in every situation.
Overview
This second 'then' (cf. v. 5) promises moral discernment as wisdom's fruit. The seeker gains the ability to recognize and walk the good path. Such righteousness and justice reflect God's own character and are perfectly embodied in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Jer 6:16Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
- Isa 48:17Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
- Ps 143:8–10Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
- Matt 7:13–14“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
- Prov 1:2–6to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
- Ps 119:99I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
- Ps 32:8I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.
- Ps 25:8–9Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.
- John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
- Isa 35:8A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called The Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there.
- Ps 119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
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