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Proverbs 1

Pr. 1:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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To know
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
and instruction
muwcar (Hebrew #4148)
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV usage: bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
Pronounce: moo-sawr'
Origin: from 3256
; to perceive
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
the words
'emer (Hebrew #561)
something said
KJV usage: answer, X appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
Pronounce: ay'-mer
Origin: from 559
of understanding
biynah (Hebrew #998)
understanding
KJV usage: knowledge , meaning, X perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: bee-naw'
Origin: from 995
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Pr. 4:5‑7• 5Adquiere sabiduría, adquiere inteligencia; No te olvides ni te apartes de las razones de mi boca;
 6No la dejes, y ella te guardará; Amala, y te conservará.
 7Sabiduría ante todo: adquiere sabiduría: Y ante toda tu posesión adquiere inteligencia. (Pr. 4:5‑7)
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Pr. 7:4• 4Di á la sabiduría: Tú eres mi hermana; Y á la inteligencia llama parienta: (Pr. 7:4)
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Pr. 8:5• 5Entended, simples, discreción; Y vosotros, locos, entrad en cordura. (Pr. 8:5)
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Pr. 16:16• 16Mejor es adquirir sabiduría que oro preciado; Y adquirir inteligencia vale más que la plata. (Pr. 16:16)
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Pr. 17:16• 16¿De qué sirve el precio en la mano del necio para comprar sabiduría, No teniendo entendimiento? (Pr. 17:16)
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Dt. 4:5‑6• 5Mirad, yo os he enseñado estatutos y derechos, como Jehová mi Dios me mandó, para que hagáis así en medio de la tierra en la cual entráis para poseerla.
 6Guardadlos, pues, y ponedlos por obra: porque esta es vuestra sabiduría y vuestra inteligencia en ojos de los pueblos, los cuales oirán todos estos estatutos, y dirán: Ciertamente pueblo sabio y entendido, gente grande es ésta. (Dt. 4:5‑6)
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1 R. 3:9‑12• 9Da pues á tu siervo corazón dócil para juzgar á tu pueblo, para discernir entre lo bueno y lo malo: porque ¿quién podrá gobernar este tu pueblo tan grande?
 10Y agradó delante de Adonai que Salomón pidiese esto.
 11Y díjole Dios: Porque has demandado esto, y no pediste para ti muchos días, ni pediste para ti riquezas, ni pediste la vida de tus enemigos, mas demandaste para ti inteligencia para oir juicio;
 12He aquí lo he hecho conforme á tus palabras: he aquí que te he dado corazón sabio y entendido, tanto que no haya habido antes de ti otro como tú, ni después de ti se levantará otro como tú. (1 R. 3:9‑12)
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2 Ti. 3:15‑17• 15Y que desde la niñez has sabido las Sagradas Escrituras, las cuales te pueden hacer sabio para la salud por la fe que es en Cristo Jesús.
 16Toda Escritura es inspirada divinamente y útil para enseñar, para redargüir, para corregir, para instituir en justicia,
 17Para que el hombre de Dios sea perfecto, enteramente instruído para toda buena obra. (2 Ti. 3:15‑17)
• Instruction: to learn through correction; from chastisement. Understanding: to distinguish things that differ; from perceive. (“Proverbs” by N. Simon)
• The “wisdom” of verse 2 is “skillfulness” —the ability to use knowledge aright. It occurs thirty-seven times in this one book. (“Proverbs One” by H.A. Ironside)
• “Instruction” in the same verse, as also in the one following, is used to translate a Hebrew word which occurs twenty-six times in Proverbs, and is once rendered “chasteneth,” and once “chastening” (Prov. 13:24; 3:11). It is so translated in Job 5:17, and in Isaiah 26:16. The meaning is, “to teach by discipline.” (“Proverbs One” by H.A. Ironside)
• “Intelligence” in verse 2, rendered “understanding” in the A. V., has practically the meaning which in English we attach to the word “discernment.” (“Proverbs One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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to know wisdom and instructioni; to discern the words of understanding;

JND Translation Notes

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"Wisdom" here and in ver. 7 is chokmah. "Instruction" means also, "correction," "warning," "discipline," Job 36.10.