King James Version
Proverbs 2:11 in the King James Version says “Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:”
Proverbs 2:11 · KJV
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;
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall preserve”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“thee understanding”
H8394intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
“shall keep”
H5341to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
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