Proverbs 3:13 (WEB)

Passage

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

Nearby Context

Proverbs 3:11 My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:

Proverbs 3:12 for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

Proverbs 3:13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

Proverbs 3:14 For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

Proverbs 3:15 She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "happy", "finds", "wisdom", "gets", and "understanding". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "happy" and "finds", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "for whom Yahweh loves he reproves even..." into verse 14's "For her good profit is better than...", so "happy" and "finds" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "happy" and "finds" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.