Proverbs 1:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie:

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And all they of Israel hearde of the iudgement which the king had iudged, and feared the king: for they sawe that the wysdome of God was in him to do iustice.
  • Job 22:22 : 22 Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth, and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart.
  • Prov 2:1-9 : 1 My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee, 2 That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng. 3 For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge: 4 If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures: 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng. 7 He stirreth vp health for the righteous: and defendeth them that walke vprightly, 8 That they may kepe the right path: and he preserueth the way of such as do serue him with godlinesse. 9 Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path.
  • Prov 8:10-11 : 10 Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde: 11 For wysdome is more worth then pretious stones, yea all thinges that thou canst desire, may not be compared vnto it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:2
    87%

    2To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng,

  • Prov 1:4-8
    5 verses
    84%

    4To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng.

    5The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto wise counsayles.

    6To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.

    7The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction.

    8My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother:

  • Prov 2:9-11
    3 verses
    79%

    9Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path.

    10When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge:

    11Then shall counsayle preserue thee, and vnderstandyng shall kepe thee,

  • Prov 3:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng:

    14For the marchaundise of it, is better then the marchaundise of siluer, and the gayne therof is better then golde.

  • Prov 8:9-12
    4 verses
    75%

    9They are all playne to suche as wyll vnderstande, and right to them that finde knowledge.

    10Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde:

    11For wysdome is more worth then pretious stones, yea all thinges that thou canst desire, may not be compared vnto it.

    12I wysdome dwell with counsell, and finde out knowledge and vnderstanding.

  • Prov 2:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee,

    2That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng.

    3For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge:

  • Prov 9:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9Geue a discrete man but an occasion, and he wyll be the wyser: teache a righteous man, and he wyll encrease in knowledge.

    10The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisdome: and the knowledge of holy thinges, is vnderstanding.

  • Prov 5:1
    74%

    1My sonne geue heede vnto my wisdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence:

  • Prov 4:7
    73%

    7The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding.

  • Prov 2:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God.

    6For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng.

    7He stirreth vp health for the righteous: and defendeth them that walke vprightly,

  • Isa 1:17
    73%

    17Learne to do well, applie your selues to equitie, deliuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his ryght, let the widdowes complaynt come before you:

  • Prov 16:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.

    23A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.

  • Prov 4:1
    72%

    1Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding.

  • Prov 8:33
    72%

    33O geue eare vnto nurture, be wyse, and refuse it not:

  • Eccl 7:11
    72%

    11Wysdome with inheritaunce is good, yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne:

  • Prov 23:12
    71%

    12Applye thyne heart vnto correction, and thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge.

  • Prov 18:15
    71%

    15A wise heart possesseth knowledge, & a prudent eare seeketh vnderstanding.

  • Prov 8:5
    71%

    5Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.

  • Prov 3:4
    71%

    4So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and men.

  • Jas 3:17
    71%

    17But the wisdome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaseable, gentle, and easie to be entreated, full of mercie and good fruites, without iudgyng, without simulation:

  • Prov 3:21
    71%

    21My sonne, let not these thinges depart from thyne eyes, but kepe wysdome and vnderstanding:

  • Prov 19:20
    71%

    20O geue eare vnto good counsayle, and be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest be wyse in the latter dayes.

  • Prov 8:14
    70%

    14Counsell is mine, and direction, I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength.

  • Job 22:22
    70%

    22Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth, and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart.

  • Job 28:28
    70%

    28And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding.

  • Prov 22:17
    70%

    17Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine:

  • Job 34:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2Heare my wordes O ye wise men, hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding:

    3For the eare discerneth wordes, and the mouth tasteth the meates.

  • Prov 13:15
    70%

    15Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour: but harde is the way of the dispisers.

  • Prov 3:19
    70%

    19With wysdome hath the Lorde layde the foundation of the earth, and thorow vnderstanding hath he stablished the heauens.

  • Prov 16:16
    70%

    16To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer.

  • Eccl 7:25
    70%

    25I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles.

  • Prov 8:1
    70%

    1Doth not wysdome crye? doth not vnderstanding put foorth her voyce?

  • Prov 24:3
    70%

    3Thorowe wysdome is an house buylded, & with vnderstanding is it set vp.