Proverbs 1:4

To give subtlety to the simple, 1 to the na'ar, da'as and discretion. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

In Context

3To receive the musar of those with seichel, 1 tzedek and mishpat, and meisharim (equity, uprightness); 1

5A chacham (wise person) will hear, and will increase learning, 1 and a man of understanding shall acquire wise counsel: 1

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Cross References

Psalms 19:7Its going forth is from the end of HaShomayim, 1 and its circuit unto the ends of it; 1 and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 1

Psalms 119:9How shall a na'ar cleanse his way? 1 By being shomer thereto according to Thy Davar (Word). 1

Proverbs 1:22Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? 1 And the scoffers delight in their mockery, 1 and kesilim (fools) hate da'as? 1

Proverbs 3:21Beni (my son), let not them depart from thine eyes; 1 keep sound judgment and mezimah (discretion); 1

Proverbs 8:5O ye simple ones, understand armah (prudence); 1 and, ye kesilim, understand in your lev. 1

Proverbs 8:17I love them that have ahavah for me; 1 and those that seek me shall find me. 1

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 →

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