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Proverbs 2:11

Proverbs 2:11 is verse 11 of Proverbs chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

Proverbs 2:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.

10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.

11 Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,

13 from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,

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Proverbs 4:6
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

Proverbs 6:22
When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

Proverbs 6:23
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

Proverbs 6:24
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Psalms 25:21
May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.

Psalms 119:9
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.

Psalms 119:10
With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.

Psalms 119:11
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

Ecclesiastes 9:15
Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:16
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

Ecclesiastes 9:17
The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.

Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.

Ephesians 5:15
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,