King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 1:6
“To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 1
4
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5
A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7
The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: