Title and Purpose of Proverbs

Proverbs 1:1-6

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,

For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,

For giving to simple ones--prudence, To a youth--knowledge and discretion.

(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.