Proverbs 1:5
A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
4To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.
6To vnderstand a parable, & the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:8Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe thee euyll will: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue thee.
Proverbs 12:1Who so loueth correction loueth knowledge: but he that hateth to be reproued is a foole.
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 →