Proverbs 2:5

“Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, etc.] The grace of fear, and the exercise of it: which is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge, and is a treasure itself, (<200107>Proverbs 1:7 9:10 <233306>Isaiah 33:6). By means of the Gospel the Lord works it in the hearts of his people by his Spirit; and by the same leads them into the riches of his special grace and “goodness”, which they are influenced by to “fear”, and the Lord for the sake of it: and particularly they are led hereby to the pardoning grace and mercy of God, which is with him, that he may “be feared”; and it is the Gospel which induces and encourages a true filial fear of God, by which men “depart from evil”; for that…”

“understand--or, "perceive intelligently." find--obtain.”

“The promise. The highest blessedness is to know God John 17:3. If any distinction between “the Lord” יהוה yehovâh and “God” אלהים 'elohı̂ym can be pressed here, it is that in the former the personality, in the latter the glory, of the divine nature is prominent. return to 'Top of Page'”

“2:5 The quest for true wisdom leads to God. Wisdom is impossible without fear of the Lord (1:7).”

“shalt: Ch2 1:10-12; Hos 6:3; Mat 7:7, Mat 7:8; Luk 11:9-13 the fear: Pro 9:10; Job 28:28; Jer 32:40, Jer 32:41 find: Jer 9:24, Jer 24:7, Jer 31:34; Mat 11:27; Luk 10:22; Joh 17:3; Jo1 5:20 Proverbs 2:6”