Proverbs 1:6

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

Psalm 49:4

I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying on the harp.

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Proverbs 24:23

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

Daniel 8:23

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

Numbers 12:8

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

Mark 4:11

And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

Mark 4:34

But without a parable spoke he not to them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

Hebrews 5:14

But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

2 Peter 3:16

As also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.