Proverbs 2:3 (BSB)

if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

From Proverbs 2. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 2:3

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 2:1-9: Job had asked, long before this, Where shall wisdom be found? Whence cometh wisdom? (Job 28:12, Job 28:20) and he had given this general answer (v. 23), God knoweth the place of it; but Solomon here goes further, and tells us both where we may find it and how we may get it. We are here told, I. What means we must use that we may obtain wisdom. 1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 2:3: Yea, if thou criest after knowledge,.... Of God, Christ, and the Gospel; not only bow the ear and bend the mind to these things, but importunately and fervently pray for them; not only attend the ministry of the word by men, but cry to God to give the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of divine and spiritual things; which supposes some sense...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 2:3: Yea, if--literally, "When if," that is, in such a case. knowledge--or, "discrimination." understanding--as in Pro 2:2.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 2:3: Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding; (c) Meaning that we must seek the knowledge of God with care and diligence.