Cross references

Proverbs 1:6

by understanding the proverbs and parables,

the sayings and riddles of the wise.

Proverbs 1:6 BSB

Proverbs 1:6 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 78:2 (13 votes) and Mark 4:11 (11 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Numbers 12 to 2 Peter 3.

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Which verses does Proverbs 1:6 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 78:213 votes

    I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

  2. Mark 4:1111 votes

    He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,

  3. Psalm 49:49 votes

    I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

  4. So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

  5. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

  6. Mark 4:347 votes

    He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

  7. The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.

  8. Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?” He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. …

  9. Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

  10. Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered. Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

Which verses point to Proverbs 1:6?

The 10 strongest of 17.