Proverbs 1:2
To know wisdom, and instruction:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
In Context
1The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:5You know that I have taught you statutes and justices, as the Lord my God hath commanded me: so shall you do them in the land which you shall possess:
Proverbs 2:9Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.
Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 8:5O little ones, understand subtilty, and ye unwise, take notice.
Proverbs 16:16Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.
Proverbs 19:20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayst 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 →