Proverbs 1:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ For understanding a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ That people may understand a proverb and a figure of speech or an enigma with its interpretation, and the words of the wise and their dark sayings or riddles.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Common English Bible

⁶ They help one understand proverbs and difficult sayings, the words of the wise, and their puzzles.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ He shall turn his soul to a parable and to its interpretation, to the words of the wise and their enigmas.

Proverbs 1:6 Cross References

Psalm 49:4

I incline my ear to a parable; I expound my riddle on the lyre.

Psalm 78:2

I open my mouth in a parable; I utter riddles of old,

Proverbs 24:23

These also are for the wise: It is not good to show partiality in right-ruling.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like goads, and as nails driven by the masters of collections – they were given by one Shepherd.

Daniel 8:23

“And in the latter time of their rule, when the transgressors have filled up their measure, a sovereign, fierce of face and skilled at intrigues, shall stand up.

Numbers 12:8

“I speak with him mouth to mouth, and plainly, and not in riddles. And he sees the form of יהוה. So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Mosheh?”

Mark 4:11

And He said to them, “To you it has been given to know the secret of the reign of Elohim, but to those who are outside, all are done in parables,

Mark 4:34

and He was not speaking to them without parables. And when they were alone, He explained all to His taught ones.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature whose senses have been trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

2 Peter 3:16

as also in all his letters, speaking in them concerning these matters, in which some are hard to understand, which those who are untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also the other Scriptures.