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Proverbs 1:6
6for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables, the words of the wise and their riddles.
Context of Proverbs 1:6
4for giving prudence to those who are simple, knowledge and discretion to the young— 5let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance— for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise. 7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
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לְהָבִ֣ין מָ֭שָׁל וּמְלִיצָ֑ה דִּבְרֵ֥י חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים וְחִידֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 1:6
- Matthew 13:10The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
- Mark 4:11He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables
- Acts 8:30Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
- Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one shepherd.
- Psalms 49:4I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle:
- Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
- Matthew 13:34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.
- Hebrews 5:14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
- 2 Peter 3:16He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
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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