Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and a sage sentence; the words of the wise, and their riddles.
Leeser Tanakh
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: wisdom and instruction fools [alone] despise.
Cross References
Psalms 49:4(49:5) I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open with the harp my riddle.
Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails fastened [are the words of] the men of the assemblies, which are given by 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 →