Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

All of them are clear to the perceptive,
and right to those who discover knowledge.

New American Standard Bible

“They are all straightforward to him who understands,
And right to those who find knowledge.

King James Version

They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

International Standard Version

Everything I say is sensible to someone who understands, and correct to those who have acquired knowledge.

A Conservative Version

They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.

American Standard Version

They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.

Amplified


“They are all straightforward to him who understands [with an open and willing mind],
And right to those who find knowledge and live by it.

Bible in Basic English

They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

Darby Translation

They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

Julia Smith Translation

All of them straight to him understanding, and right to those finding knowledge.

King James 2000

They are all plain to him that understands, and right to them that find knowledge.

Lexham Expanded Bible

All of them are straight to him who understands, and upright to those who find knowledge.

Modern King James verseion

They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They are all plain to such as will understand, and right to them that find knowledge.

NET Bible

All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.

New Heart English Bible

They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.

The Emphasized Bible

All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge.

Webster

They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

World English Bible

They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.

Youngs Literal Translation

All of them are plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נכח 
Nakoach 
Usage: 4

מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

Verse Info

Context Readings

Wisdom Calls

8 All the words of my mouth are righteous;
none of them are deceptive or perverse.
9 All of them are clear to the perceptive,
and right to those who discover knowledge.
10 Accept my instruction instead of silver,
and knowledge rather than pure gold.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:6

A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

Psalm 19:7-8

The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.

Psalm 25:12-14

Who is the man who fears the Lord?
He will show him the way he should choose.

Psalm 119:98-100

Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
for they are always with me.

Proverbs 15:14

A discerning mind seeks knowledge,
but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

Proverbs 15:24

For the discerning the path of life leads upward,
so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes roam to the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 18:1-2

One who isolates himself pursues selfish desires;
he rebels against all sound judgment.

Proverbs 18:15

The mind of the discerning acquires knowledge,
and the ear of the wise seeks it.

Isaiah 35:8

A road will be there and a way;
it will be called the Holy Way.
The unclean will not travel on it,
but it will be for the one who walks the path.
Even the fool will not go astray.

Micah 2:7

House of Jacob, should it be asked,
“Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient?
Are these the things He does?”
Don’t My words bring good
to the one who walks uprightly?

Matthew 13:11-12

He answered them, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.

John 6:45

It is written in the Prophets: And they will all be taught by God. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to Me—

John 7:17

If anyone wants to do His will, he will understand whether the teaching is from God or if I am speaking on My own.

1 Corinthians 2:14-15

But the unbeliever does not welcome what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.

James 1:5

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.

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