Proverbs 1:6
understanding the proverbs and puzzles, the sayings and questions of the wise.
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In The King James Version
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 49:4I pay attention to wise sayings; I answer hard questions to a tune on the harp.
Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are like cattle prods. Their collected sayings are like nails driven home, given by one shepherd.
Matthew 13:34Jesus explained all these things to the crowds using illustrated stories—in fact he didn't speak to them without using stories.
Mark 4:11He told them, “The mystery of God's kingdom has been given to you to understand. But outsiders only have the stories,
Acts 8:30So Philip ran over, and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. “Do you understand what you're reading?” Philip asked him.
2 Peter 3:16He spoke about these things, though some of what he wrote is certainly hard to understand. Some ignorant and unbalanced people have twisted what he wrote to their own loss—just as they do other scriptures.
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 →