Proverbs 1:6

to understand a proverb, and parables, 2 the words and riddles of the wise. 1

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In The King James Version

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

In Context

5that the wise man may sh'ma ·hear obey·, and increase in learning; 2 that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel: 1

7The fear of Adonai is the beginning of knowledge; 2 but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb. 2 I will open my riddle on the harp. 1

Matthew 13:34+ 13:34 (34-35) MP: The Messiah will speak in parables. (Ps 78:2) Yeshua [Salvation] spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,

Mark 4:11He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

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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