Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 1:6
6for understanding a proverb or a parable, the words of the wise, and their riddles.
Proverbs 1:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
- New International Version (NIV)for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
- English Standard Version (ESV)to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.
- New King James Version (NKJV)To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles.
Context of Proverbs 1:6
4for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced, knowledge and discretion to a young man — 5let a wise person listen and increase learning, and let a discerning person obtain guidance — for understanding a proverb or a parable, the words of the wise, and their riddles. 7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline. 8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
Read all of Proverbs 1Proverbs 1:6 word by word
לְהָבִ֣ין מָ֭שָׁל וּמְלִיצָ֑ה דִּבְרֵ֥י חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים וְחִידֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 1:6
- Matthew 13:10Then the disciples came up and asked him, “Why are you speaking to them in parables?”
- Mark 4:11He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables
- Acts 8:30When Philip ran up to it, he heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you’re reading?”
- Ecclesiastes 12:11The sayings of the wise are like cattle prods, and those from masters of collections are like firmly embedded nails. The sayings are given by one Shepherd.
- Psalms 49:4I turn my ear to a proverb; I explain my riddle with a lyre.
- Psalms 78:2I will declare wise sayings; I will speak mysteries from the past —
- Matthew 13:34Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and he did not tell them anything without a parable,
- Hebrews 5:14But solid food is for the mature — for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.
- 2 Peter 3:16He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some things hard to understand in them. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.
Commentaries on Proverbs 1:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Dark sayings - חידת chidoth, enigmas or riddles, in which the Asiatics abounded. I believe parables, such as those delivered by our Lord, nearly express the meaning of the original.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The book has yet a further scope; these proverbs are to form a habit of mind. To gain through them the power of entering into the deeper meaning of other proverbs, is the end kept in view. Compare Habakkuk 2:6, it is rendered “taunting proverb.” Here “riddle” or “enigma” would better express the meaning.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Proverbs help wise people understand riddles. Here the Hebrew word (khidoth) means enigmas or paradoxes—difficult sayings that need interpretation (see Judges 14:14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. Such writings the wise, who pursue right ends by right means, will value. learning--not the act, but matter of it. wise counsels--or the art and principles of governing.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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