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Selected Verse: Proverbs 1:6 - Strong Concordance

Verse         Translation Text
Pr 1:6 Strong Concordance To understand [0995] a proverb [04912], and the interpretation [04426]; the words [01697] of the wise [02450], and their dark sayings [02420].
  King James To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
To understand--so as to . . . such will be the result.

interpretation--(Compare Margin).

words of the wise--(Compare Pro 1:2).

dark sayings--(Compare Psa 49:4; Joh 16:25; and see Introduction, Part I).
 
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25 These things [5023] have I spoken [2980] unto you [5213] in [1722] proverbs [3942]: but [235] the time [5610] cometh [2064], when [3753] I shall [2980] no more [3765] speak [2980] unto you [5213] in [1722] proverbs [3942], but [235] I shall shew [312] you [5213] plainly [3954] of [4012] the Father [3962].
4 I will incline [05186] mine ear [0241] to a parable [04912]: I will open [06605] my dark saying [02420] upon the harp [03658].
2 To know [03045] wisdom [02451] and instruction [04148]; to perceive [0995] the words [0561] of understanding [0998];
6 Shall not all these take up [05375] a parable [04912] against him, and a taunting [04426] proverb [02420] against him, and say [0559], Woe [01945] to him that increaseth [07235] that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth [03513] himself with thick clay [05671]!