Proverbs 1:6
To vnderstand a parable, & the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
In Context
7The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:11For the wordes of the wyse are like prickes and nayles that go thorowe, of the auctoures of gatheringes [which] are geuen of one shephearde.
Matthew 13:34All these thynges spake Iesus vnto the people in parables: and without a parable spake he not vnto them.
Mark 4:11And he sayde vnto them: To you it is geuen to knowe the misterie of the kingdome of God: But vnto them that are without, all thynges are done by parables,
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 →