3 indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
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 That's right - if you make Insight your priority, and won't take no for an answer,
3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,
3 Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 2:3
Commentary on Proverbs 2:1-9
(Read Proverbs 2:1-9)
Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom, will never complain that they have lost their labour; and the freeness of the gift does not do away the necessity of our diligence, John 6:27. Let them seek, and they shall find it; let them ask, and it shall be given them. Observe who are thus favoured. They are the righteous, on whom the image of God is renewed, which consists in righteousness. If we depend upon God, and seek to him for wisdom, he will enable us to keep the paths of judgment.