Proverbs 2:5

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus I.48Book I

  “…of general divine perception which the blessed man alone knows how to discover, according to the saying of Solomon, “Thou shalt find the knowledge of God;” and as there are various forms of this perceptive power, such as a faculty of vision which can naturally see things that are better than bodies, among which…” — editor's note: Cf. Prov. ii. 5.

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• Origen, Against Celsus VII.34Book VII

  “And if you wish further to learn from the sacred writings that there is a diviner sense than the senses of the body, you have only to hear what Solomon says, “Thou shalt find a divine sense.”” — editor's note: Prov. ii. 5, Eng. Vers. and LXX., “Thou shalt find the knowledge of God.”

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• Origen, De Principiis I.1Book I

  “In like manner, also, it is said to employ the services of other members, which are transferred from their bodily appellations, and applied to the powers of the soul, according to the words of Solomon, “You will find a divine sense.”” — editor's note: Cf. Prov. ii. 5.

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• Origen, De Principiis IV.3Book IV

  “…are not cognisable by the senses should appear unbecoming, we shall employ the instance of Solomon, who says, “You will find also a divine sense;” by which he shows that those things which are intellectual are to be sought out not by means of a bodily sense, but by a certain other which he calls “divine.”” — editor's note: Cf. Prov. ii. 5, ἐπίγνωσιν Θεοῦ εὑρήσεις (Sept.), Scientiam Dei invenies (Vulg.). אצָמְתִּ סיהִׁלאֱ תעַרַּ.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor I.10Book I

  ““For the good is found by him who seeks it, and is wont to be seen by him who has found it.”” — editor's note: In Prov. ii. 4, 5, iii. 15, Jer. ii. 24, we have the sense of these verses.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.4Book I

  “"For if thou call on wisdom and knowledge with a loud voice, and seek it as treasures of silver, and eagerly track it out, thou shalt understand godliness and find divine knowledge.”” — editor's note: Prov. ii. 3–5.

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• Ezekiel 3:2

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.

• Ezekiel 3:3

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.

• Daniel 2:27

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.4.

• Daniel 2:28

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.4.

• Matthew 8:3

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.

• Matthew 13:9

  Cited together in Against Celsus VII.34.

• Matthew 17:9

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.

• John 1:32

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.

• John 1:33

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.

• John 1:34

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.

• John 1:51

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.

• John 5:31

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.

• John 10:24

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.

• 2 Corinthians 2:15

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.

• 2 Corinthians 12:2

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.

• 1 John 1:1

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.48 and 1 other place.

• Genesis 27:27

  Cited together in Against Celsus I.48.

• Exodus 31:2

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.4.

• Exodus 31:3

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.4.

• Exodus 31:4

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.4.

• Exodus 31:5

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.4.

• Exodus 31:6

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.4.

• Deuteronomy 13:4

  Cited together in Against Celsus VII.34.

• Psalm 13:3

  Cited together in Against Celsus VII.34.

• Psalm 19:8

  Cited together in Against Celsus VII.34.

• Psalm 77:2

  Cited together in Against Celsus VII.34.