Proverbs 1:2
◄These proverbs [PRS] can teach people/By studying these proverbs, people can learn► how to be wise and how to obey what these proverbs teach them. They will also help people to understand which teachings are wise.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:5“Note that I have taught you all the rules and regulations, just like Yahweh our God told me to do. He wants you to obey them when you are living in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.
Proverbs 2:9If you ask God for wisdom, you will understand what is right and just [DOU] to do, and you will know the right way to conduct your life,
Proverbs 4:5Obtain wisdom and understanding, and ◄do not abandon/hold fast to► [LIT] what I have taught you.
Proverbs 8:5You people who do not know how to do things that are smart to do, get sound judgment; you foolish people, get good understanding!
Proverbs 16:16Becoming wise is better than aquiring gold; getting good understanding/insight is better than acquiring silver.
Proverbs 19:20Pay attention when people give you good advice and learn from them, in order that you will become wise for the rest of your life.
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 →