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Proverbs 2

Prov. 2:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Discretion
mzimmah (Hebrew #4209)
a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)
KJV usage: (wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.
Pronounce: mez-im-maw'
Origin: from 2161
shall preserve
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
thee, understanding
tabuwn (Hebrew #8394)
or towbunah {to-boo-naw'}; from 995; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
KJV usage: discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: taw-boon'
Origin: and (feminine) tbuwnah {teb-oo-naw'}
shall keep
natsar (Hebrew #5341)
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Pronounce: naw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 4:6• 6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. (Prov. 4:6)
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Prov. 6:22‑24• 22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
 23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
 24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. (Prov. 6:22‑24)
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Psa. 25:21• 21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. (Psa. 25:21)
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Psa. 119:9‑11• 9BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
 10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
 11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. (Psa. 119:9‑11)
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Eccl. 9:15‑18• 15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
 16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
 17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
 18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. (Eccl. 9:15‑18)
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Eccl. 10:10• 10If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. (Eccl. 10:10)
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Eph. 5:15• 15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, (Eph. 5:15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee: