Proverbs 1:5
A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
4To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.
6To vnderstand a parable, and the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32Then Dauid said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meete me.
Job 34:2Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
Job 34:16And if thou hast vnderstanding, heare this and hearken to the voyce of my wordes.
Psalms 119:98By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.
Proverbs 9:8Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.
Proverbs 12:1He that loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth correction, is a foole.
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 →