Proverbs 1:4
For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
In Context
3For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity;
5A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,
Cross References
Psalms 19:7The, law of Yahweh, is complete, Bringing back the soul, The, testimony of Yahweh, is confirmed, Making wise the simple;
Psalms 119:9[BETH.] Wherewithal can a young man keep pure his way? By taking heed, according to thy word.
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:21My son, let them not depart from thine eyes, guard thou counsel, and purpose:
Proverbs 8:5Understand, ye simple ones, shrewdness, and, ye dullards understand sense;
Proverbs 8:17I love, them who love me, and, they who diligently seek me, find me:
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 →