King James Version
Proverbs 2:10 in the King James Version says “When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;”
Proverbs 2:10 · KJV
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“into thine heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“unto thy soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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