Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 8:12 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. {prudence: or, subtilty}”
Proverbs 8:12
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
For wisdom {is} better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. {prudence: or, subtilty}
The fear of the LORD {is} to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Counsel {is} mine, and sound wisdom: I {am} understanding; I have strength.
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