Proverbs 1:6

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To understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.

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  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter mysteries from ancient times.
  • Mark 4:11 : 11 He answered them, "The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything is spoken in parables.
  • Ps 49:4 : 4 My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.
  • Num 12:8 : 8 With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?'
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately, he explained everything to his disciples.
  • Acts 8:30-31 : 30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked, 'Do you understand what you are reading?' 31 The man replied, 'How can I understand unless someone guides me?' And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for the mature, those who through practice have trained their senses to discern good from evil.
  • 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 As he does in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. In them, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
  • Eccl 12:11 : 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and their collected sayings are like firmly embedded nails—given by one Shepherd.
  • Matt 13:10-17 : 10 Then the disciples approached him and asked, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" 11 Jesus replied, "The mysteries of the kingdom of heaven have been given to you to know, but not to them. 12 For whoever has, more will be given to them, and they will have abundance. But whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken away from them. 13 That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand. 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.' 15 For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. 17 Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
  • Matt 13:34-35 : 34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not say anything to them without using a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: 'I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.'
  • Matt 13:51-52 : 51 Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord." 52 Then he said to them, "For this reason, every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom both new treasures and old ones."

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  • Prov 16:21-23
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    22Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly.

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  • Prov 9:9-10
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    9Instruct the wise, and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and they will add to their learning.

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  • Prov 2:1-3
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    5then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.

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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

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    28And He said to mankind, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Blessed is the one who finds wisdom and the one who obtains understanding.

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    1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen carefully to my understanding.

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  • Ps 78:2
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    2I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter mysteries from ancient times.

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I turned my mind to understand, to investigate, and to search out wisdom and the meaning of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.

  • Eccl 1:17-18
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    17Then I set my heart to understand wisdom, as well as madness and folly, but I learned that this too is a chasing after the wind.

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  • Eccl 8:1
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    14The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in revealing his own thoughts.

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    12"Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days."

  • Prov 2:9-11
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    4My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.

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    17Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my knowledge.

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    16Every prudent person acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts their folly.

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    22How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?