Proverbs 1:6

New International Version

for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

Cross References

Psalm 49:4

I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle:

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old—

Proverbs 24:23

These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one shepherd.

Daniel 8:23

“In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise.

Numbers 12:8

With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

Mark 4:11

He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables

Mark 4:34

He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

2 Peter 3:16

He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.