Proverbs 1:3
To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
In Context
2To know wisdom, and instruction:
4To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:28And all Israel heard the judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.
Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee,
Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.
Ecclesiastes 12:10He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.
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 →