Proverbs 2:4
2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; liftest: Heb. givest thy voiceIf thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
KJV
If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
What does Proverbs 2:4 mean?
Proverbs 2:4 is a verse in the book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בָּקַשׁ (bâqash), כֶּסֶף (keçeph), חָפַשׂ (châphas). It connects to 14 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. offering: Heb. ascending that regarded: Heb. attention
1 Kings 18:37Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
2 Chronicles 33:13And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
Proverbs 22:27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Isaiah 49:6And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. It is: or, Art thou lighter than that thou shouldest, etc preserved: or, desolations
Jeremiah 29:12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Jeremiah 29:13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Daniel 9:17Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
Luke 11:9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Luke 11:10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
John 12:32And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: in: or, concerning him
1 John 5:15And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Revelation 11:15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
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What does Proverbs 2:4 say?
Proverbs 2:4 (King James Version) reads: "If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;"
Is Proverbs 2:4 in the Old or New Testament?
Proverbs 2:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Proverbs.
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