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proverbs 1:4-6

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Proverbs 1:4-6

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

4. To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. 5. A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 6. To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Proverbs 1:4-6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 1:4

Theological / Devotional

To give. Verses 4-6 state for whom the book is intended: the simple, the young, and the wise.

Subtilty. Heb. ‘ormah, “craftiness,” “prudence.” The word may either be used in a bad sense, as in Ex. 21:14 (translated “guile”), or in a good sense, as here and in Prov. 8:5, 12.

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