Proverbs 1:2
To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the sayings of understanding;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
In Context
1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, the king of Israel:
3To accept the instruction of intelligence, righteousness, and justice, and equity;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, just as the Lord my God commanded me; that ye may do so in the midst of the land whither ye go to take possession of it.
Proverbs 2:9Then wilt thou understand righteousness, and justice, and equity: yea, every track of goodness.
Proverbs 4:5Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding: forget not, and depart not from the sayings of my mouth.
Proverbs 8:5Learn, O ye simple, to understand prudence: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Proverbs 16:16How much better is it to obtain wisdom than gold! and to obtain understanding is preferable to silver!
Proverbs 19:20Hear counsel, and accept correction, in order that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
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 →