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Proverbs 1

Prov. 1:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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To understand
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
a proverb
mashal (Hebrew #4912)
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
KJV usage: byword, like, parable, proverb.
Pronounce: maw-shawl'
Origin: apparently from 4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action
, and ζthe interpretation
mliytsah (Hebrew #4426)
an aphorism; also a satire
KJV usage: interpretation, taunting.
Pronounce: mel-ee-tsaw'
Origin: from 3887
; the words
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
, and their darki sayings
chiydah (Hebrew #2420)
a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim
KJV usage: dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.
Pronounce: khee-daw'
Origin: from 2330
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or, an eloquent speech.
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Psa. 49:4• 4I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp. (Psa. 49:4)
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Psa. 78:2• 2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old, (Psa. 78:2)

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a proverb.
Matt. 13:10‑17,51‑52• 10And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
 11And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;
 12for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
 13For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;
 14and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;
 15for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
 16But blessed are *your* eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;
 17for verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see the things which ye behold and did not see them, and to hear the things which ye hear and did not hear them.
 51Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yea, Lord.
 52And he said to them, For this reason every scribe discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man that is a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old. (Matt. 13:10‑17,51‑52)
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Mark 4:11,34• 11And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them who are without, all things are done in parables,
 34but without a parable spoke he not to them; and in private he explained all things to his disciples. (Mark 4:11,34)
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Acts 8:30‑31• 30And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?
 31And he said, How should I then be able unless some one guide me? And he begged Philip to come up and sit with him. (Acts 8:30‑31)
the interpretation.
or, an eloquent speech.
the words.
Eccl. 12:11• 11The words of the wise are as goads, and the collections of them as nails fastened in: they are given from one shepherd. (Eccl. 12:11)
dark.
Psa. 49:4• 4I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp. (Psa. 49:4)
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Psa. 78:2• 2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old, (Psa. 78:2)
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Matt. 13:34‑35• 34All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,
 35so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the world's foundation. (Matt. 13:34‑35)
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Heb. 5:14• 14but solid food belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both good and evil. (Heb. 5:14)
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2 Peter 3:16• 16as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; among which some things are hard to be understood, which the untaught and ill-established wrest, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction. (2 Peter 3:16)
• Interpretation: an allegory or satire. Dark sayings: a puzzle or riddle. (“Proverbs” by N. Simon)
• “Dark sayings” become luminous when the man of God studies them having eyes anointed with the eye-salve of the Spirit of truth. (“Bible Questions for December”)

J. N. Darby Translation

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to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.