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Proverbs 1:5-6 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 1 · verses 5–6
5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.Proverbs 1:5-6 · King James Version
Proverbs 1:5-6 in context
3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Key words (Strong's)
- interpretationmᵉlîytsâhan aphorismH4426 →
- understandingbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- increaseyâçaphto add or augmentH3254 →
- learningleqachproperly, something receivedH3948 →
- proverbmâshâlproperly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical natureH4912 →
- attainqânâhto erectH7069 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- wisechâkâmwiseH2450 →
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We have here an introduction to this book, which some think was prefixed by the collector and publisher, as Ezra; but it is rather supposed to have been penned by Solomon himself, who, in the beginning of his book, proposes his end in writing it, that he might keep to his business, and closely pursue that end.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6