Proverbs 1:6

and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the sayings of the wise also, and riddles.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

In Context

5For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and the man of understanding will gain direction;

7The fear of the Lord is the + 1:7 Or, sum, or, top.beginning of wisdom; and there is good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction.

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Cross References

Psalms 49:4He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may + 49:4 Heb. 10. 30. judge his people.

Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fastened, which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.

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 →

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