Proverbs 1:5
He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:
Darby Translation
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 an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me.
Job 34:2Hear my words, ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Job 34:16If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: give ear to the voice of my words!
Psalms 119:98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
Proverbs 9:8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.
Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth 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 →