Proverbs 2:7
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
מָגֵן
mâgên
a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
תֹּם
tôm
completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
Key Terms in This Verse
מָגֵן mâgên
a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
Study H4043 →תֹּם tôm
completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
Study H8537 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
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