Proverbs 1:5
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion,
6to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32And David said to Abigail, Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me,
Job 34:2Hear my words, ye wise men, and give ear to me, ye who have knowledge.
Job 34:16If now [thou be] understanding, hear this. Hearken to the voice of words.
Psalms 119:98Thy commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.
Proverbs 9:8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 12:1He who loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is brutish.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:2-7
Proverbs We have now before us, I. A new author, or penman rather, or pen (if you will) made use of by the Holy Ghost for making known the mind of God to us, writing as moved by the finger of God (so the Spirit of God is called), and that is Solomon; through his hand came this book of Scripture and the two that follow it, Ecclesiastes and Canticles, a sermon and a song. Some think he wrote Canticles when he was very young, Proverbs in the midst of his days, and Ecclesiastes when he was old. In the title of his… Read the whole commentary →