Proverbs 1:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

These sayings will help you understand proverbs, stories with hidden meanings, words of the wise, and other difficult sayings.

Cross References

Psalm 78:2

I will tell you a story. I will tell you about things from the past that are hard to understand.

Mark 4:11

Jesus said, “Only you can know the secret truth about God’s kingdom. But to those other people I tell everything by using stories.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for people who have grown up. From their experience they have learned to see the difference between good and evil.

Psalm 49:4

I listened to these sayings. And now, with my harp, I will sing and make the hidden meaning clear.

Mark 4:34

He always used stories to teach them. But when he was alone with his followers, Jesus explained everything to them.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

Words from the wise are like sharp goads. When these sayings are written down and saved, they can be used to guide people, just as a shepherd uses a sharp stick to make his sheep go the right way.

Numbers 12:8

When I speak to him, I talk face to face with him. I don’t use stories with hidden meanings—I show him clearly what I want him to know. And Moses can look at the very image of the Lord. So why were you brave enough to speak against my servant Moses?”

2 Peter 3:16

That’s what he says in all his letters when he writes about these things. There are parts of his letters that are hard to understand, and some people give a wrong meaning to them. These people are ignorant and weak in faith. They also give wrong meanings to the other Scriptures. But they are destroying themselves by doing that.

Proverbs 24:23

These are also words from the wise: A judge must be fair. He must not support some people simply because he knows them.

Daniel 8:23

“When the end is near for those kingdoms, there will be a very bold and cruel king who will be very tricky. This will happen when many people have turned against God.