Proverbs 1:2
to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
In Context
1Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
3to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye may do so in the land into which ye enter to possess it.
Proverbs 2:9Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path.
Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 8:5O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense.
Proverbs 16:16How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold, and the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!
Proverbs 19:20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
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 →