Proverbs 1:4
To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
In Context
5A wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth shall possess governments.
Cross References
Psalms 19:7The Lord fulfil all thy petitions: now have I known that the Lord hath saved his anointed. He will hear him from his holy heaven: the salvation of his right hand is in powers. The salvation of his right hand is in powers... That is, in strength. His right hand is strong and mighty to save them that trust in him.
Proverbs 1:22O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:21My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:
Proverbs 8:5O little ones understand subtlety, and ye unwise, take notice.
Proverbs 8:17I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find 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 →