“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:”

Proverbs 1:5 (KJV) |

Proverbs 1:5

From Proverbs 1, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).

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To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

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To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

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A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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