Proverbs 1:4
so as to give discernment to little ones, knowledge and understanding to adolescents.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
In Context
5By listening, the wise shall become wiser and the intelligent shall possess governments.
Cross References
Psalms 19:7May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ. He will hear him from his holy heaven. The salvation of his right hand is in his power.
Proverbs 1:22“Little ones, how long will you choose to be childish, and how long will the foolish desire what is harmful to themselves, and how long will the imprudent hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:21My son, let not these things move away from your eyes. Preserve law as well as counsel.
Proverbs 8:5O little ones, understand discernment. And you who are unwise, turn your souls.
Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me. And those who stand watch for me until morning shall discover me.
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 →