Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
In Context
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.
Cross References
Psalms 49:4(49-5) I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are those that are composed in collections; they are given from one shepherd.
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 →