Proverbs 2:7
New International Version
He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,

New Living Translation
He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.

English Standard Version
he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

Berean Standard Bible
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

King James Bible
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

New King James Version
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;

New American Standard Bible
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

NASB 1995
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

NASB 1977
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

Legacy Standard Bible
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright, A shield to those who walk in integrity,

Amplified Bible
He stores away sound wisdom for the righteous [those who are in right standing with Him]; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity [those of honorable character and moral courage],

Christian Standard Bible
He stores up success for the upright; He is a shield for those who live with integrity

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He stores up success for the upright; He is a shield for those who live with integrity

American Standard Version
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he keeps hope for those who are upright and helps those who walk without blemish.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way;

Contemporary English Version
God gives helpful advice to everyone who obeys him and protects those who live as they should.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He will keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity.

English Revised Version
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, he is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He has reserved priceless wisdom for decent people. He is a shield for those who walk in integrity

Good News Translation
He provides help and protection for those who are righteous and honest.

International Standard Version
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright and is a shield to those who walk in integrity—

JPS Tanakh 1917
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

Literal Standard Version
Even to lay up substance for the upright, | A shield for those walking uprightly.

Majority Standard Bible
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

New American Bible
He has success in store for the upright, is the shield of those who walk honestly,

NET Bible
He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,

New Revised Standard Version
he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,

New Heart English Bible
He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;

Webster's Bible Translation
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

World English Bible
He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

Young's Literal Translation
Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.

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Context
The Benefits of Wisdom
6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. 7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity, 8to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.…

Cross References
Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

Proverbs 8:14
Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.

Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.


Treasury of Scripture

He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

layeth

Proverbs 8:14
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

Job 28:8
The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

a buckler

Proverbs 28:18
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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Proverbs 2
1. wisdom promises godliness to her children
10. and safety from evil company
20. and direction in good ways














(7) Sound wisdom.--Literally, furtherance, advancement (Comp. "Whosoever hath, unto him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance," Matthew 13:12.)

Verse 7. - Wisdom which is the foundation of security and safety, and hence is sound wisdom, is that which God treasures up for the righteous. The teacher passes to another phase of the Divine character. God is not only the Source of wisdom; he is also the Ensurer of safety, the Source of salvation to those who act uprightly. It will be noted that the use of the word is confined to the Proverbs and Job, with the exception of the two passages in Isaiah and Micah. Buckler. Besides storing up the treasures of sound wisdom, which the righteous may use and so obtain security in their uprightness, God is himself a Buckler, or Shield (מָגֵן, magen), to those who walk in innocence. This aspect of God's directly protecting power is met with in other parts of Scripture. In Genesis 15:1 he encourages Abram with the assurance, "I am thy Shield." In Psalm 33:20; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 89:18; Psalm 144:2, Jehovah is called a Shield to his saints. He renders them security against the assaults of their enemies, and especially against the fiery darts of the wicked one. Again, in Proverbs 30:5, it is said, "God is a Shield (magen) up to them that walk uprightly." It is incorrect to take מָגֵן (magen) either as an accusative after the verb or in apposition with "sound wisdom." To them that walk uprightly; literally, to the walkers in innocence (לְחֹלֵכֵי תֹם, l'khol'key thom). תֹם (thom) is "integrity of mind," "moral faultlessness," "innocence." "To walk uprightly" is to maintain a course of life regulated by right principles, and directed to right ends. He "walks uprightly who lives with the fear of God as his principle, the Word of God as his rule, and the glory of God as his end" (Wardlaw). The completeness of the moral and religious character is involved in the expression which is found also in Proverbs 10:9 and Psalm 84:11. The Vulgate translates the latter clause of the verse, proteget gradientes simpliciter, "he will protect those who walk in simplicity;" cf. 2 Corinthians 1:12 in illustration of the phrase. He layeth up; i.e. he treasures up (LXX., θησαυρίζειν), or preserves and protects (custodire, Vulgate), as a person does "treasure or jewel, that it may not be stolen" (Zockler). The majority of commentators read the Keri (יִצפֹן, "he will treasure up," future of צָפַן) in preference to the Khetib (צָפַן, perfect of same verb, with prefix וְ, "and he treasured up"), and this is the; reading adopted in the Authorized Version. The Keri implies that God does treasure up sound wisdom, while the Khetib, as Delitzsch observes, has the force of the aorist, and so represents the treasuring up as an accomplished fact. The same verb occurs in Proverbs 2:1, where it is translated in the Authorized Version by "hide," and also in Proverbs 7:1 and Proverbs 10:14 by "lay up." The laying up, or treasuring, points to the preciousness of that which is treasured, "sound wisdom." Sound wisdom. A great variety of opinions exists as to the true meaning of the word in the original, תְוּשִׁיָה (tvushiyyah), of which "sound wisdom" is an interpretation. Zockler explains it as "wisdom, reflection;" Delitzsch, as "advancement and promotion;" Dathe, as "solid fortune;" Gesenius, as "aid." The proper meaning of the word seems to he "substance," from the root יָשָׁה, "to be, to exist, to be firm." Professor Lee remarks on the word, "From the places in which it occurs, either wealth, thought, or some such sense it manifestly requires. It occurs in Job 6:13, in parallelism with 'help;' in Proverbs 2:7, with a 'shield;' in Job 1:6, with 'wisdom;' in Job 12:16, with 'strength;' in Proverbs 3:21, with 'discretion;' in Proverbs 8:14, with 'counsel' and 'understanding;' in Isaiah 28:29, with 'counsel;' and so in Job 26:3. In Job 30:22 and Micah 6:9, 'entirely' or the like seems to suit the context; see also Proverbs 18:1, and generally 'excess,' or 'abundance,' taken either in a good or bad sense, and varied by other considerations, seems to prevail in every case in which this word is used" (see Professor Lee, on Job 5:12). The parallelism of the passage before us seems to require that it should be understood in the sense of security; and transferring the idea to wisdom as the means of security. This idea is reproduced in the LXX. σωτήρια, the Vulgate salus, and the Targum incolumitas.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He stores up
יִצְפֹּ֣ן (yiṣ·pōn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6845: To hide, to hoard, reserve, to deny, to protect, to lurk

sound wisdom
תּוּשִׁיָּ֑ה (tū·šî·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8454: Support, ability, help, an undertaking, understanding

for the upright;
לַ֭יְשָׁרִים (lay·šā·rîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 3477: Straight, right

He is a shield
מָ֝גֵ֗ן (mā·ḡên)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 4043: A shield, a protector, the scaly hide of the crocodile

to those who walk
לְהֹ֣לְכֵי (lə·hō·lə·ḵê)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

with integrity,
תֹֽם׃ (ṯōm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8537: Completeness, integrity, also part of the high priest's breastplate


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