“I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
Parallel translations
- KJV I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
- BSB I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
- NKJV “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion.
- NASB ¶“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find knowledge and discretion.
- NLT “I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment. I know where to discover knowledge and discernment.
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Quick answer
Wisdom dwells together with prudence and grants knowledge and discretion. Those who walk with wisdom gain practical, careful insight for living.
Overview
Wisdom speaks of prudence as her settled companion, showing that true wisdom is not abstract but practical and discerning. She offers 'knowledge and discretion'—the ability to act rightly and wisely in real situations. This sober, skillful living is a gift God gives to those who fear him, and it finds its perfection in Christ, who is the wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:30).
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- Isa 28:26For his God instructs him in right judgment, and teaches him.
- Exod 35:30Moses said to the children of Israel, “Behold, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
- Rom 11:33Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
- Exod 31:3–6and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,
- Prov 1:4to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man:
- Isa 55:8–9“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh.
- Eph 1:11in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will;
- 1 Chr 28:19“All this”, said David, “I have been made to understand in writing from Yahweh’s hand, even all the works of this pattern.”
- Ps 104:24Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
- Col 2:3in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
- Eph 3:10to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
- 2 Chr 13:14When Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to Yahweh, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
- 1 Kgs 7:14He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.
- Eph 1:8which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
- 1 Chr 28:12and the plans of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of Yahweh’s house, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of God’s house, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
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