“He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Proverbs 2 contains 22 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.