I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
Parallel translations
- WEB “I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
- 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 doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
- Exod 35:30And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
- Rom 11:33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding 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 manner of workmanship,
- Prov 1:4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
- Isa 55:8–9For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
- Eph 1:11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
- 1 Chr 28:19All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
- Ps 104:24O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
- Col 2:3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
- Eph 3:10To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
- 2 Chr 13:14And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
- 1 Kgs 7:14He was a widow’s son 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 cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
- Eph 1:8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
- 1 Chr 28:12And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
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