Proverbs 1:6 (BSB)

by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

From Proverbs 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 1:6

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 1:1-6: 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, Pro 1:1.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 1:6: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation,.... This may be connected either with the first verse, "the proverbs of Solomon", &c. are written, as for the above ends and purposes, so for these; or with Pro 1:5, a wise and understanding man, by hearkening and attending to what is here delivered, will not only attain to wise counsels, but to the understanding of proverbial sayings...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 1:6: 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).
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 1:1-7: The Book of Proverbs bears the external title ספר משׁלי, which it derives from the words with which it commences. It is one of the three books which are distinguished from the other twenty-one by a peculiar system of accentuation, the best exposition of which that has yet been given is that by S. Baer, as set forth in my larger Psalmen-commentar.