Proverbs 1:5
A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.
6By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:32Then said David unto Abigail,—Blessed, be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day, to meet me;
Job 34:2Hear, ye wise men, my words, and, ye who know, give ear unto me;
Job 34:16If then [thou hast] understanding, hear this, Give thou ear to the teaching of my words:—
Psalms 119:98Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age-abidingly, shall it be mine.
Proverbs 9:8Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate thee, Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 12:1He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge, but, he that hateth reproof, is brutish.
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 →