Proverbs 1:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 78:2 : 2 Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;
  • Mark 4:11 : 11 And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;
  • Ps 49:4 : 4 I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.
  • Num 12:8 : 8 With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.
  • Acts 8:30-31 : 30 And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you? 31 And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
  • 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.
  • Eccl 12:11 : 11 The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.
  • Matt 13:10-17 : 10 And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories? 11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 13 For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them. 14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 15 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well. 16 But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open. 17 For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
  • Matt 13:34-35 : 34 All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them: 35 That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.
  • Matt 13:51-52 : 51 Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes. 52 And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    2To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

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    7The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

  • Prov 16:21-23
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    21The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

    22Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

    23The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

  • Prov 9:9-10
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    9Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

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  • Prov 2:1-3
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    1My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

    2So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

    3Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

  • Prov 8:5
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    5Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

  • Prov 2:5-6
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    5Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

    6For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

  • Prov 18:15
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    15The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

  • Prov 8:9
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    9They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

  • Job 28:28
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    28And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

  • Prov 3:13
    74%

    13Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

  • Prov 5:1
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    1My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

  • Prov 14:6
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    6The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

  • Ps 78:2
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    2Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

  • Eccl 1:17-18
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    17And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

    18Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.

  • Eccl 8:1
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    1Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

  • Job 12:12
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    12Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

  • Prov 2:9-11
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    7The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

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    4I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.

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    5It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

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    33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

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    6Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

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    16If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 22:17
    71%

    17Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

  • Prov 10:13-14
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    13In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

    14Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

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  • Prov 16:16
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    16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

  • Prov 13:15-16
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    15Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

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  • Job 28:12
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    12But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

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    16Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:

  • Prov 1:22
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    22How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?