Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 2:11 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:”
Proverbs 2:11
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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;
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