Proverbs 1:2
To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
In Context
1The Parables of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,
3To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:5Behold, I haue taught you ordinances, and lawes, as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should doe euen so within the land whither ye goe to possesse it.
Proverbs 2:9Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.
Proverbs 4:5Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.
Proverbs 8:5O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.
Proverbs 16:16Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.
Proverbs 19:20Heare counsell and receiue instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter ende.
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 →