Proverbs 1:6 - Modern King James Version

⁶ to understand a proverb and its meaning; the words of the wise, and their acute sayings.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ That people may understand a proverb and a figure of speech or an enigma with its interpretation, and the words of the wise and their dark sayings or riddles.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Common English Bible

⁶ They help one understand proverbs and difficult sayings, the words of the wise, and their puzzles.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ He shall turn his soul to a parable and to its interpretation, to the words of the wise and their enigmas.

Proverbs 1:6 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 49:4

I will bow down 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 speak dark sayings of old,

Proverbs 24:23

These also are for the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like goads; yes, their collected words are like nails driven home; they are given from one Shepherd.

Daniel 8:23

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king, fierce of face, and skilled at intrigues, shall stand up.

Numbers 12:8

I will speak with him mouth to mouth, even clearly, and not in dark speeches. And he shall behold the likeness of Jehovah. 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 those outside, all these things are given in parables

Mark 4:34

But he did not speak to them without a parable. And when they were alone, He explained all things to His disciples.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, even those who because 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 the unlearned and unstable pervert, as also they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction).