New Living Translation
Proverbs 1:2
2Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of the wise.
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. Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of the wise. 3Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair. 4These proverbs will give insight to the simple, knowledge and discernment to the young.
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 4:5Get wisdom; develop good judgment. Don’t forget my words or turn away from them.
- Proverbs 7:4Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family.
- Proverbs 8:5You simple people, use good judgment. You foolish people, show some understanding.
- Proverbs 16:16How much better to get wisdom than gold, and good judgment than silver!
- Proverbs 17:16It is senseless to pay to educate a fool, since he has no heart for learning.
- Deuteronomy 4:5“Look, I now teach you these decrees and regulations just as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy.
- 1 Kings 3:9Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?”
- 2 Timothy 3:15You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting 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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