Proverbs 1:4
To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
In Context
3To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,
Cross References
Proverbs 1:22O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:21Let them not depart from thine eyes, but kepe them euen in the middest of thyne heart:
Proverbs 8:5Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.
Proverbs 8:17I am louing vnto those that loue me: and they that seeke me early, shall finde me.
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 →