...the original the sense is expressed in eight. From the remark of Solomon, that a wise man will seek " To understand a proverb and the interpretation; The words of the wise and their dark sayings;" it may be inferred, that this kind of study formed a prominent portion of the wisdom of that age. This...

...^discretion. 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning ; and a man of understanding shall attain unto ts, and climb up upon the rocks : 7 1f 4The fear of the LORD is Hhe beginning of knowledge : but fools despise wisdom and instruction....

...will henr, 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." Accordingly, some distinguished minds — those, for example, of Lord Bacon, Bishop Hall, and Mr. Coleridge...

...will hear, and will Increase learning: and a man of understanding shall attain auto wise counsels: To understand a proverb, and the Interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. Prov. II, 1-6, 21, 22. My son, if :hou wilt receive my words, and ilde my commandments with thee; So...

...that it should be so. It was one of the great points of ancient learning, as it is of modern, — " To understand a proverb and the interpretation, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings." As has been said already, it was one of the beauties of Hebrew and of all Eastern poetry to hide and...

...that it should be so. It was one of the great points of ancient learning, as it is of modern, — " To understand a proverb and the interpretation, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings." As has been said already, it was one of the beauties of Hebrew and of all Eastern poetry to hide and...

...the lustre of that pure righteousness which the Spirit has spoken by his lips. THE BOOK—PROVERBS. " To understand a proverb, and the interpretation ; the words of the wise and their dark sayings."—i. 6. IT is safer and better to assume that all men know what a proverb is, than to attempt...

...BH ASCHER, XDITOB AND TBAHSLATOR OF "THE BOOK OF LIFE," ADD AUTHOR OF " INITIATION Of YOUTH," ETC. " To understand A proverb and the Interpretation; the words of the wise and theur allegories. "— PROT. I. 6. " He explained it by parallels."— TALMTD, THEAIISB ERUBIN, fol.21,...

...discretion. 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning ; and a man of understanding shall attain unto he land. out all 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8 My...

...patient study we might see the analogy of God's dealings with us in time and in eternity, that we might " understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings."1 And here, what is the avowed purpose of the warning given ? It is, " that thy lips may keep...