For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth (cometh) knowledge and understanding. Solomon knew this by experience (1 Kings 3:9; 1 Kings 3:12; cf. James 1:5). The "for" gives the reason why he who is anxious to have wisdom should learn to know and worship God. "The fear of the Lord" and "the knowledge of God is to be your final end." "For the Lord giveth wisdom." Do not fear lest you should be disappointed if you search for heavenly "knowledge" with prayer (Proverbs 2:3-4); because "the Lord giveth wisdom" to them that ask (Matthew 7:11). Do not, on the other hand, be self-confident, as if you could get it by your own efforts; because it is the Lord who gives it, as its Author, even as the Lord is the object to whom all true wisdom tends, and in whom it finds its center (for "the fear of the Lord, Proverbs 2:5, is the beginning of knowledge," Proverbs 1:7).