Proverbs 1:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

Psalm 49:4

I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.

Psalm 78:2

Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;

Proverbs 24:23

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.

Daniel 8:23

And in the later years of their kingdom, when their evil doings have become complete, there will come up a king full of pride and expert in dark sayings.

Numbers 12:8

With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?

Mark 4:11

And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

Mark 4:34

And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.

2 Peter 3:16

And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.