Proverbs 2:10

10 For if wisdom shall come into thine understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to thy soul,

Proverbs 2:10 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 2:10

When wisdom entereth into thine heart
Either Christ, the Wisdom of God; who enters there at conversion, and sets up a throne in the heart, and dwells there by faith: or else the Gospel, the wisdom of God in a mystery; which enters not into the head only, as in hypocrites and formal professors; nor into the natural affections, as in the stony ground hearers; but into the heart, opened by the Spirit of God to receive it, so as to have a spiritual understanding of it; which is done when the Gospel comes not in word only, but in the demonstration and power of the Spirit; when a man truly understands it, approves of it, loves it, believes it; and it has a place in his heart, and richly dwells there; and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
which the Gospel thus entering gives; even the knowledge of God in Christ, as the God of all grace, as gracious and merciful, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; the knowledge of Christ, as the only Redeemer and Saviour; and the knowledge of Gospel truths, which lead and relate unto him: all which is pleasant to a gracious soul, and affords unspeakable delight to the mind; and is sweeter, as every truth of the Gospel is, than the honey or the honeycomb; see ( Proverbs 16:24 ) .

Proverbs 2:10 In-Context

8 that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him.

9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment; and shalt direct all thy course aright.

10 For if wisdom shall come into thine understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to thy soul,

11 good counsel shall guard thee, and holy understanding shall keep thee;

12 to deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.