Proverbs 1:6
To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
In Context
7The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
Cross References
Psalms 49:4\49:3\From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.
Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:
Mark 4:11And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;
Acts 8:30And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?
2 Peter 3:16And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.
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 →