Proverbs 1:6

World English Bible (2000)

to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
  • Mark 4:11 : 11 He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
  • Ps 49:4 : 4 I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
  • Num 12:8 : 8 With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh's form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?"
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
  • Acts 8:30-31 : 30 Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?" 31 He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
  • 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
  • Eccl 12:11 : 11 The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
  • Matt 13:10-17 : 10 The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" 11 He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them. 12 For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has. 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand. 14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive: 15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.' 16 "But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. 17 For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.
  • Matt 13:34-35 : 34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them, 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."
  • Matt 13:51-52 : 51 Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They answered him, "Yes, Lord." 52 He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."

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    21The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

    22Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

    23The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

  • Prov 9:9-10
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    9Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

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    28To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"

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    13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

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    1My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

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    6A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

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    2I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

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    25I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

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    17I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

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    1Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

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    14The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

  • Prov 18:2
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    4I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.

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    17Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.

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    13Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

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    12"I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.

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