Proverbs 1:5

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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

In Context

4To give subtlety to the simple, 1 to the na'ar, da'as and discretion. 1

6To understand a mashal (proverb), and the melitzah (enigma); 1 the divrei chachamim, and their chidot (riddles). 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:32And Dovid said to Avigal, Baruch Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Who sent thee today to meet me;

Job 34:2Hear my words, O ye chachamim; 1 and give ear unto me, ye that have da'as. 1

Job 34:16If now thou hast binah, hear this: 1 pay heed to the kol (voice) of my words. 1

Psalms 119:98Thou through Thy mitzvot hast made me wiser than mine enemies: 1 for they are ever with me. 1

Proverbs 9:8Reprove not a letz, lest he hate thee; 1 rebuke a chacham, and he will love thee. 1

Proverbs 12:1He who loveth musar loveth da'as, 1 but he that hateth tokhakhat (reproof, correction) is ba'ar (a boorish, ignorant person). 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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