Proverbs 1:3
To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
In Context
2To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:
4To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:
Cross References
1 Kings 3:28And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.
Proverbs 2:1My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;
Proverbs 8:10Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.
Ecclesiastes 12:10The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.
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 →