Proverbs 1:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

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  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
  • Mark 4:11 : 11 And he said unto them, ‹Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all› [these] ‹things are done in parables:›
  • Ps 49:4 : 4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
  • Num 12:8 : 8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
  • Acts 8:30-31 : 30 And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
  • 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 As also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
  • Eccl 12:11 : 11 The words of the wise [are] as goads, and as nails fastened [by] the masters of assemblies, [which] are given from one shepherd.
  • Matt 13:10-17 : 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11 He answered and said unto them, ‹Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.› 12 ‹For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.› 13 ‹Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.› 14 ‹And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:› 15 ‹For this people's heart is waxed gross, and› [their] ‹ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with› [their] ‹eyes, and hear with› [their] ‹ears, and should understand with› [their] ‹heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.› 16 ‹But blessed› [are] ‹your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.› 17 ‹For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous› [men] ‹have desired to see› [those things] ‹which ye see, and have not seen› [them]; ‹and to hear› [those things] ‹which ye hear, and have not heard› [them].
  • Matt 13:34-35 : 34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
  • Matt 13:51-52 : 51 Jesus saith unto them, ‹Have ye understood all these things?› They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 52 Then said he unto them, ‹Therefore every scribe› [which is] ‹instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man› [that is] ‹an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure› [things] ‹new and old.›

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