Proverbs 1:5

For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and man of understanding will gain direction;

LXX2012 (British)

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

4that he might give subtlety to the simple, and to the young man + 1:4 Or, discretion. discernment and understanding.

6and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the saying of the wise also, and riddles.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:32And David said to Abigaia, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this very day to meet me:

Job 34:2Hear me, you⌃ wise men; listen, you⌃ that have knowledge.

Job 34:16Take heed lest he rebuke you: hear this, listen to the voice of words.

Proverbs 9:8Rebuke not evil men, lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 12:1He that loves instruction loves sense, but he that hates reproofs is a fool.

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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