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Prov. 1:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Tod receive
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
the instruction
muwcar (Hebrew #4148)
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV usage: bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
Pronounce: moo-sawr'
Origin: from 3256
of wisdom
sakal (Hebrew #7919)
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
KJV usage: consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(- ly), guide wittingly.
Pronounce: saw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
, justice
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
, and judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
, and βequity
meyshar (Hebrew #4339)
evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially)
KJV usage: agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: may-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
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Prov. 2:1,9• 1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
 9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. (Prov. 2:1,9)
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equities.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 2:1‑9• 1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
 2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
 3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
 4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
 5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
 6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
 7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
 8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
 9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. (Prov. 2:1‑9)
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Prov. 8:10‑11• 10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
 11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. (Prov. 8:10‑11)
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Job 22:22• 22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. (Job 22:22)
equity.
Heb. equities.
1 Kings 3:28• 28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment. (1 Kings 3:28)
• Instruction of wisdom: intelligence; circumspection. Justice: righteousness. Judgment: the ability to arrive at a verdict. Equity: evenness; to judge without bias. (“Proverbs” by N. Simon)
• “Understanding” in the 3rd verse (“wisdom” in the A. V.) is a word seldom found in Scripture, and has the force of “to bereave,” or “to miscarry.” The “sayings of bereavement” might not exactly express the thought; but it conveys the idea of learning through the unhappy experiences of others, or of oneself. (“Bible Questions for December”)
• “Righteousness” of verse 3 (“justice,” A. V.) refers to conduct, and might be rendered “right behavior.” “Judgment” is equivalent to “decisions.” It is the ability to “try the things that differ.” (“Bible Questions for December”)
• “Equity” refers to principles, rather than conduct. It is uprightness, or moral integrity. (“Bible Questions for December”)

J. N. Darby Translation

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to receive the instruction of wisdomk, righteousness and judgment, and equity;

JND Translation Notes

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Sachal, it means "intelligence," "circumspection," and "understanding," as in ch. 3.4, also "success," "good esteem." see "succeeded better," 1 Sam. 18.30.