Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 1:6 in English Standard Version "to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles." Jud 14:12 And Samson said to them, “Let me now put a riddle to you. If you can tell me what it is, within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes, Ps 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, Pr 22:17 Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,