Proverbs 8:14

Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength.

Counsel {H6098} is mine, and sound wisdom {H8454}: I am understanding {H998}; I have strength {H1369}.

Good advice is mine, and common sense; I am insight, power is mine.

Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.

Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Ecclesiastes 7:19 (7 votes)

    Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] which are in the city.

  • Isaiah 9:6 (6 votes)

    For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

  • Romans 11:33 (6 votes)

    ¶ O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

  • Romans 11:34 (6 votes)

    For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

  • Isaiah 40:14 (6 votes)

    With whom took he counsel, and [who] instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

  • Proverbs 2:6 (5 votes)

    For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.

  • Proverbs 2:7 (5 votes)

    He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.