Proverbs 1:4
Verse 4 of 33. The 1st of 31 chapters in Proverbs, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 1:4 in the World English Bible
to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man—Read Proverbs 1:4 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:4
For whose use they were written, v. 4. They are of use to all, but are designed especially, 1. For the simple, to give subtlety to them. The instructions here given are plain and easy, and level to the meanest capacity, the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein; and those are likely to receive benefit by them who are sensible of their own ignorance and their need to be taught, and are therefore desirous to receive instruction; and…
Read Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:1–6: The Design of the Proverbs.
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