Proverbs 1:6 “by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of…”

Proverbs 1:6

by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Geneva Bible 1599

To vnderstand a parable, and the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.

Darby Translation

to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.

Young's Literal Translation

For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

Bible in Basic English

To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

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Cross references

“a proverb”

Mark 4:11 Mark 4:34 Matthew 13:10–17 Matthew 13:51 Matthew 13:52 Acts 8:30

Mark 4:11 · BSB

He 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 4:34 · BSB

He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

Matthew 13:10–17 · BSB

Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

Matthew 13:51 · BSB

Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.

Matthew 13:52 · BSB

Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

Acts 8:30 · BSB

So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

“the words”

Ecclesiastes 12:11

Ecclesiastes 12:11 · BSB

The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.

“dark”

Psalm 78:2 Psalm 49:4 Hebrews 5:14 2 Peter 3:16 Matthew 13:34 Matthew 13:35

Psalm 78:2 · BSB

I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

Psalm 49:4 · BSB

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

Hebrews 5:14 · BSB

But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

2 Peter 3:16 · BSB

He 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 ow…

Matthew 13:34 · BSB

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

Matthew 13:35 · BSB

So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Also

Numbers 12:8

Numbers 12:8 · BSB

I 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?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

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