Proverbs 1:6 - Tree of Life Version

⁶ to understand a proverb and a puzzle, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.

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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

My mouth speaks wisdom, My heart’s meditation is understanding.

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth with a parable. I will utter perplexing sayings from of old,

Proverbs 24:23

These sayings are also from the wise: Partiality in judgment is not good.

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are like goads, their collective sayings are like firmly affixed nails. They have been given by one Shepherd.

Daniel 8:23

“‘Now toward the end of their reign, when the measure of transgressions is completed, a stern-faced king, a master of intrigue, will arise.

Numbers 12:8

I speak with him face to face, plainly and not in riddles. He even looks at the form of Adonai! Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

Mark 4:11

And He told them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God. But for those who are outside, everything is in parables, so that

Mark 4:34

But apart from a parable, He wasn’t speaking to them. Yet when they were alone, to His own disciples He would explain everything.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, who through practice have their senses trained to discern both good and evil.

2 Peter 3:16

He speaks about these matters in all of his letters. Some things in them are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist (as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures)—to their own destruction.