Proverbs 1:6
and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the saying of the wise also, and riddles.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
In Context
5For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and man of understanding will gain direction;
Cross References
Psalms 49:4He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may + 49:4 Heb 10:30 judge his people. 1
Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fastened, which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.
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 →