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Proverbs 1:2
2These are proverbs that will make you wise. They will help you to learn things and to understand good teaching.
Proverbs 1:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
- New International Version (NIV)for gaining wisdom and instruction; for understanding words of insight;
- English Standard Version (ESV)To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight,
- New King James Version (NKJV)To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding,
Context of Proverbs 1:2
1These are the proverbs of Solomon, David's son, king of Israel. These are proverbs that will make you wise. They will help you to learn things and to understand good teaching. 3They will help you to understand how to live a good life. They will teach you how to live as a person who is good, honest and fair. 4They can cause even silly people to become clever. They teach young people what they should know, so that they can live well.
Read all of Proverbs 1Proverbs 1:2 word by word
לָדַ֣עַת חָכְמָ֣ה וּמוּסָ֑ר לְ֝הָבִ֗ין אִמְרֵ֥י בִינָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 1:2
- Proverbs 4:5Learn to be wise and to understand things properly. Do not forget my teaching or turn away from it.
- Proverbs 7:4Love wisdom in the same way that you love your sister. Be very careful to understand what is right.
- Proverbs 8:5You who are silly, learn to be wise! You who are fools, learn to understand what is right.
- Proverbs 16:16It is better to have wisdom than gold or silver. You should want to understand what is right.
- Proverbs 17:16Money does not help a foolish person, because he does not want to become wise.
- Deuteronomy 4:5Look! I have taught you rules and laws, as the Lord my God told me to do. Now you must obey them when you go into the land where you will live.
- 1 Kings 3:9So please give me a wise mind that understands things well. Then I will be able to rule your people properly. I will know the difference between right things and wrong things. I will only be able to rule this great nation of your people if you do that for me.’
- 2 Timothy 3:15Even when you were a child, you already knew the message of the Bible. The Bible has taught you how you can be truly wise. You understand that God saves you because you believe in Christ Jesus.
Commentaries on Proverbs 1:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2To know wisdom - That is, this is the design of parabolical writing in general; and the particular aim of the present work. This and the two following verses contain the interpretation of the term parable, and the author's design in the whole book. The first verse is the title, and the next three verses are an explanation of the nature and design of this very important tract. Wisdom - חכמה chochmah may mean here, and in every other part of this book, not…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The writer‘s purpose is to educate. He is writing what might be called an ethical handbook for the young, though not for the young only. Of all books in the Old Testament, this is the one which we may think of as most distinctively educational. A comparison of it with a similar manual, the “sayings of the fathers,” in the Mishna, would help the student to measure the difference between Scriptural and rabbinical teaching. Wisdom - The power by which human…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Wisdom is practical knowledge that involves ethical choices. Words like right, just, and fair are associated with biblical wisdom. Gaining wisdom requires discipline, which means actively and intentionally training yourself toward wisdom and away from foolishness. The book of Proverbs encourages us to resist our natural sinful tendencies toward wrong behavior.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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