Proverbs 1:6

Good News Translation

so that they can understand the hidden meanings of proverbs and the problems that the wise raise.

Cross References

Psalm 49:4

I will turn my attention to proverbs and explain their meaning as I play the harp.

Psalm 78:2

I am going to use wise sayings and explain mysteries from the past,

Proverbs 24:23

The wise have also said these things: It is wrong for judges to be prejudiced.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The sayings of the wise are like the sharp sticks that shepherds use to guide sheep, and collected proverbs are as lasting as firmly driven nails. They have been given by God, the one Shepherd of us all.

Daniel 8:23

“When the end of those kingdoms is near and they have become so wicked that they must be punished, there will be a stubborn, vicious, and deceitful king.

Numbers 12:8

So I speak to him face-to-face, clearly and not in riddles; he has even seen my form! How dare you speak against my servant Moses?”

Mark 4:11

“You have been given the secret of the Kingdom of God,” Jesus answered. “But the others, who are on the outside, hear all things by means of parables,

Mark 4:34

He would not speak to them without using parables, but when he was alone with his disciples, he would explain everything to them.

Hebrews 5:14

Solid food, on the other hand, is for adults, who through practice are able to distinguish between good and evil.

2 Peter 3:16

This is what he says in all his letters when he writes on the subject. There are some difficult things in his letters which ignorant and unstable people explain falsely, as they do with other passages of the Scriptures. So they bring on their own destruction.