Proverbs 1:2
To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
In Context
1The Parables of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,
3To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,
Cross References
Proverbs 2:9Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path.
Proverbs 4:5Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them.
Proverbs 8:5Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.
Proverbs 16:16To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer.
Proverbs 19:20O geue eare vnto good counsayle, and be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest be wyse in the latter dayes.
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 →