Proverbs 1:2
For knowing wisdom and instruction, || For understanding sayings of intelligence,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
In Context
1Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
3For receiving the instruction of wisdom, || Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as my God YHWH has commanded me, to do so in the midst of the land to where you are going in to possess it;
Proverbs 2:9Then you understand righteousness, || And judgment, and uprightness—every good path.
Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding, || Do not forget, nor turn away || From the sayings of my mouth.
Proverbs 8:5Understand, you simple ones, prudence, || And you fools, understand the heart,
Proverbs 16:16To get wisdom—how much better than gold, || And to get understanding—to be chosen [more] than silver!
Proverbs 19:20Hear counsel and receive instruction, || So that you are wise in your 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 →