A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation: the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs - Page 2by Charles Bridges - 1847 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1869 - 976 pages
...will hear, and will increase learning ; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels." " To understand a proverb, and the interpretation : the words of the wise, and their dark sayings." — Prov. i. 5, 6. " And, moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge... | |
| Thomas Stackhouse - 1869 - 818 pages
...secret* of grave sentences,' as the author of the book of Ecclesiasticus has branched it out ; for ' ' to understand a proverb and the interpretation ; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings,' was the very best description thai Solomon himself could give of wisdom. * Among the ancients, indeed,... | |
| Ralph Wardlaw - 1869 - 420 pages
...will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: to understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction. My son,... | |
| Octavius Perinchief - 1869 - 328 pages
...understanding shall attain" — it was no mere conjecture of his — shall attain unto wise counsels — to understand a proverb and the interpretation, the words of the wise and their dark sayings. We get from nature in exact proportion to what we carry to her. If you give a child a problem in multiplication,... | |
| Alexander Roberts, Sir James Donaldson - 1869 - 518 pages
...will hear, and will increase learning ; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels : to understand a proverb, and the interpretation ; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings."1 Wherefore let it shame the Jews that they do not perceive the deep things of the Scriptures,... | |
| J A P - 1870 - 132 pages
...will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels : to understand a proverb, and the interpretation ; the words of the wise and their dark sayings. i.1 — 6. Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.... | |
| 1870 - 518 pages
...will hear, and will increase learning ; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels : to understand a proverb, and the interpretation ; the words of the wise, and then: dark sayings. iy, The LORD possessed Me in the beginning, or ever the earth was ; when there... | |
| Henry Ward Beecher - 1871 - 560 pages
...will hear, and will increase learning ; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels : to understand a proverb, and the interpretation ; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings." (Prov. i. 5, 6.) A " dark saying " was simply a truth locked up in a figure, hidden within a parable,... | |
| Sarah B. Perry - 1871 - 328 pages
...will hear, and will increase learning ; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels : To understand a proverb, and the interpretation ; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge : but fools despise wisdom and instruction. For... | |
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