Proverbs 1:2
for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,
BSB
ASV
To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;
KJV
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
To know . . . instruction--literally, "for knowing," that is, such is the design of these writings. wisdom--or the use of the best means for the best ends, is generally employed in this book for true piety. instruction--discipline, by which men are trained. to perceive--literally, "for perceiving," the design (as above) understanding--that is, words which enable one to discern good and evil.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 17:16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
leads to
The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
Through
Proverbs 7:4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
leads to
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
