Proverbs 2:3

3 indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,

Proverbs 2:3 in Other Translations

3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

3 yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

3 Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.

3 That's right - if you make Insight your priority, and won't take no for an answer,

3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

3 if indeed you call out for insight, if you ask aloud for understanding,

3 furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

3 Call out for the ability to be wise. Cry out for understanding.

Proverbs 2:3 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 2:3

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge
Of God, Christ, and the Gospel; not only bow the ear and bend the mind to these things, but importunately and fervently pray for them; not only attend the ministry of the word by men, but cry to God to give the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of divine and spiritual things; which supposes some sense of a want of it, an hearty desire for it, having some apprehension of the worth and value of it; and that it is to be had, as there is indeed great reason to hope for and expect it, ( James 1:5 ) ; [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;
for Christ, who is understanding as well as wisdom, ( Proverbs 8:14 ) ; or rather for an understanding of the Gospel and the mysteries of it, which men do not naturally understand; and for which there must be an understanding given, or the eyes of the understanding must be enlightened; or Christ, by his spirit and grace, must open the understanding, that it may understand these things; which is granted to those who lift up their voice in prayer for it.

Proverbs 2:3 In-Context

1 My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,

2 turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—

3 indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,

4 and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,

5 then you will understand the fear of the LORDand find the knowledge of God.

Cross References

• 1. James 1:5