The Meaning of Proverbs 1:2 Explained

Proverbs 1:2

KJV: To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

YLT: For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,

Darby: to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

ASV: To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 1:2?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 1:2 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 1:2 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 1:2?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

To know  wisdom  and instruction;  to perceive  the words  of understanding; 

What does Proverbs 1:2 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 1:1-19 - "the Beginning Of Knowledge"
Notice the perfect balance of each clause, and the duplication of the one thought in the two clauses of each verse.
Wisdom as used in this book is more than intellectual learning or cleverness. It represents a moral quality, the result of a pure and a true life. We are conscious that many simple-minded people, who have little enough book-learning, are remarkable for sagacious advice, insight into character, the wise reading of events, an intuitive knowledge-all based on the fear of God. The headlines of Scotch copy-books used to be taken from this book. Certain it is that the young who ponder and practice these maxims can hardly fail of a successful career. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 1

1  The use of the proverbs
7  An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word
10  to avoid the enticing of sinners
20  Wisdom complains of her contempt
24  She threatens her contemners

What do the individual words in Proverbs 1:2 mean?

to know wisdom and instruction to perceive the words of understanding
לָדַ֣עַת חָכְמָ֣ה וּמוּסָ֑ר לְ֝הָבִ֗ין אִמְרֵ֥י בִינָֽה

לָדַ֣עַת  to  know 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
חָכְמָ֣ה  wisdom 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חָכְמָה  
Sense: wisdom.
וּמוּסָ֑ר  and  instruction 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מוּסָר  
Sense: discipline, chastening, correction.
לְ֝הָבִ֗ין  to  perceive 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: בִּין  
Sense: to discern, understand, consider.
אִמְרֵ֥י  the  words 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֵמֶר 
Sense: utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command.
בִינָֽה  of  understanding 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בִּינָה  
Sense: understanding, discernment.

What are the major concepts related to Proverbs 1:2?

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