6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)We have here an introduction to this book, which some think was prefixed by the collector and publisher, as Ezra; but it is rather supposed to have been penned by Solomon himself, who, in the beginning of his book, proposes his end in writing it, that he might keep to his business, and closely pursue that end. We are here told, I. Who wrote these wise sayings, Prov. 1:1. They are the proverbs of S…
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