Proverbs 1:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.”
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“by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.”
King James Version · Public Domain“To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 1:6 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 12:8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
- Psalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
- Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
- Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.
- Matthew 13:10Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
- Matthew 13:34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
- Matthew 13:51Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
- Mark 4:11He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,
- Mark 4:34He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
- Acts 8:30So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
- Hebrews 5:14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
- 2 Peter 3:16He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
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