1. The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
2. To know wisdom, and instruction:
3. To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
4. To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.
5. A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.
6. He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.