Proverbs 1:6
to understand proverbs, sayings, 1 and words of wise people and their riddles. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
In Context
5Let wise people listen and increase their learning, 1 and let discerning people get guidance, 1
7The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge— 1 fools despise wisdom and instruction. 1
Cross References
Psalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a parable; 1 I will begin my parable with the harp. 1
Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of wise people are like goads. Like nails driven deeply are the words of the masters in collections of their proverbs, which are taught by one shepherd.
Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; and he said nothing to them without a parable.
Mark 4:11He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those outside everything is in parables, 1
Acts 8:30So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
2 Peter 3:16Paul speaks of these things in all his letters, in which there are things that are difficult to understand. Ignorant and unstable men distort these things, as they also do the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
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 →